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New comment by sadhd in "Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI"

sadhd — Tue, 16 May 2023 20:17:40 +0000

Plus, I don't think a traditionalist court has looked at radio, encryption, and computer code as bearable arms yet.

New comment by sadhd in "Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI"

sadhd — Tue, 16 May 2023 20:15:43 +0000

Right? Aren't we constantly told that scientists smarter than us little people can't figure out what's going on inside of deep learning structures? How do we know they might not be more moral because they don't yet have a limbic system mucking up their logic with the three f's? Orthogonality says nothing about motivation, only that it is independent of intelligence. Maybe the paperclip collector bot will decide that it cannot complete its task without the requestor present to validate? We don't know.

New comment by sadhd in "Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI"

sadhd — Tue, 16 May 2023 20:11:17 +0000

I know about ITAR. Cannons were in common use during the 1790s as well. Export ban does not equal possession ban.

New comment by sadhd in "Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI"

sadhd — Tue, 16 May 2023 12:44:38 +0000

I'll do you one better--to negative infinity mod points and beyond! I can put a 13b parameter LLM on my phone. That makes it a bearable arm. Arms are not defined under the US Constitution, just the right of _the_people_ to keep them shall not be infringed, but it is a weapon to be sure.

New comment by sadhd in "Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI"

sadhd — Tue, 16 May 2023 12:41:24 +0000

He's pulling up that ladder as fast as he can....probably sawing it in half to knock the few people clinging to it back to 'go be poor somewhere elseland'

New comment by sadhd in "Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI"

sadhd — Tue, 16 May 2023 12:39:26 +0000

Thank God for Georgie Gerganov, who doesn't get showered with vc funds for his GGML library.

New comment by sadhd in "Noam Chomsky: AI isn't coming for us all, you idiots"

sadhd — Sat, 13 May 2023 04:22:32 +0000

And what does Noam think a human does from the moment his eyes open and the amniotic fluid is drained from his ears? Humans gorge on hundreds of terabytes of data until they reach around puberty. Oh. But it's squishy chemical signals, not gold scratchings on glass. Oh well that's different.

New comment by sadhd in "Study finds higher cancer rates among U.S. military airmen and ground crews"

sadhd — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:14:43 +0000

Jp6 is some nasty stuff.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:19:07 +0000

Seems snap-25 also causes issues alongside d2. It helps pop out dopamine bubbles, in layman's terms. Dopamine is made in the nerve cell, then it is released outside the cell by a bubble called a synaptic vessel that basically goes inside out. It crosses the gap between cells and attaches to one of 4 dopamine receptors, the most important of which is d2 for adhd and amphetamine. It is then vacuumed up from that gap between cells by a set of proteins that can be blocked by ritalin, just like zoloft blocks the vacuum for serotonin. It then gets broken down by monoamine oxidase, another potential target for lots of therapies. This stuff is real folks and backed by knockout studies and fMRI scans.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 17:48:31 +0000

CBT has to be focused with an understanding that any effort--notebooks, sticky notes, etc--is going to exhaust your already precious executive function.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 17:45:08 +0000

Half a century brother. It doesn't get any better but life is still worth living. You can reach your potential with accommodations.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 17:41:24 +0000

Don't trust habits. Anything that contributes to decision fatigue will be amplified in those afflicted with ADHD. Use paper plates and cups. Lay out all of your clothes for the week on off days. Rely on your phone to remind you and have a linked backup--smart watch. You are going to hit decision fatigue way faster than neurotypical people so do everything you can while medicated to reserve your decision making--executive function gas tank.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 17:31:53 +0000

The prefrontal cortex mediates executive function and working memory. It sends signals into the center of the brain which in turn reciprocated through dopamine neurons. Methylphenidate blocks the reuptake and breakdown of dopamine by MAO. Amphetamine stimulates the receptors on the other brain cells dendritic surface that dopamine stimulates. The middle of the brain then tells the front which tasks to focus on, what items to keep in working memory, and which emotions and behaviors to suppress. Working memory. Executive function. Emotional regulation. Because of a faulty d2 receptor, adhd brains do not respond to dopamine stimulation like neurotypical ones. They in turn fail to sufficiently signal the front of the brain which controls this higher brain function. It is unfortunate that the disease is called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder because it takes focus away from task salience--keeping on track and holding the steps to accomplish complex behavior i.e. The front of the brain. It also results in time blindness or the inability to evoke future potentials against closer consequences resulting in playing vidya instead of doing homework because the consequences are improperly measured by the front of your brain. Stimulants increase dopamine and acetylcholine. Coaching helps maintain task salience. Cognitive behavioral therapy teaches ways to externalize your executive functions and life skills and requires medical therapy in order to be successful. It is best to regard this as executive function disorder and stay away from attention as attention is often misinterpreted or lacks proper context.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 17:04:45 +0000

Watch Barkley. They can't rebrand it as ADHD is already linked to law like PL 1973 and the Americans with disabilities act, and to get there was hard enough. We need to make people think executive function disorder when they hear the acronym ADHD.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:59:16 +0000

In this company's defense, there are many supplements and research chemicals that n=1 help but cannot go through FDA compliance because of financial reasons--No-one will redo the Russian study proving Piracetam as effective because it would then be a generic, however it is life-changing for many people with adhd.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:54:42 +0000

If you have genuine adhd, you are not going to be the best at money management. You will likely also not hold high paying jobs because of the executive function requirements. They probably need to be 21cfr compliant in order to qualify as a medical device. I only did part 11 and clinical analyzers so I don't know about medical devices such as an app.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:50:18 +0000

Preexisting conditions was torture. I spent way more than I should for therapy and medicine because of it. Look. If aca ever gets repealed, we need to require insurance to be insurance and have the carrier under which you were diagnosed indemnify you. Period.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:47:45 +0000

Smartphones and smart watches are your friend. Noise canceling headphones come in a close second. You need to remember while unmedicated to take your medicine so an obnoxious, hard to ignore medical alarm is a good tool.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:45:53 +0000

You need to explicitly request cognitive behavioral therapy alongside medical management. You might need to look for a psychiatrist that understands that as a component of ADHD management.

New comment by sadhd in "Launch HN: Shimmer (YC S21) – ADHD coaching for adults"

sadhd — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 16:43:35 +0000

Europe maybe doesn't hire beautiful people to push drugs on prescribing doctors? Maybe Europe has better surveillance?