This comment is tangential to their point that a transformer architecture can or cannot be functionally equivalent to a human brain. Practicality of those limitations is a different discussion
im surprised terminology isnt borrowed from mechanical engineering on the type of fit that two pieces are supposed to have. Interference fits vs clearance do a physical job of describing whats happening
in this case to make a local copy of the db, fill it with a set of records with an expected output of the query, then check to see of the query produces what you want.
you could then have it make queries that check the various assumptions that went into that artificial set of data. if it can find the assumptions broken, add records like that to the test set.
same old agentic programming techniques as ever. use your engineering skill to set up feedback loops. stuff that was painful to do as an engineer for checking your work is now straightforward
Feedback loops require a deterministic metric for success. You are doing the equivalent of using a slot machine to decide whether something is right or wrong.
you dont notice it when you are only looking at your own harness results, but the llm bakes so very much of your own skills and opinions into what it does.
If you're enrolling in uni today you're looking at 6-10 years till your career is in a good place. I'm willing to bet there will 1/10 of junior positions available in 5 years.
And insufficient talent because of retirement becomes an issue in like 30 years even with current developer demand, and I expect that demand to go down significantly over time, even with current level of capabilities.
my last summer intern did everything the manual way, except for a chunk where I wanted him to get something done fast without having to learn all the underlying chunks
well, if they put in a fully automated kill chain, its gonna be weak to attacks to make yourself look like a car, or a video game styled "hide under a box"
the current non-automated kill chain has targeted fishermen and a girl's school. Nobody is gonna be held accountable for either.
Am i worried about the killing or the AI? If i'm worried about the killing, id much rather push for US demilitarization.
does this particularly qualify him as a jerk? or just that the employee takes all the risk in employment, and capitalism does wrong by rewarding owners and management vs workers?
that he's showing off how rich he is as the result of throwing these people on the street is just part of the system weve built
He was a passionate climate activist, possibly still is.
He has since purchased a private jet under controversy.
His company now sponsors an F1 team.
He now seems to be a typical billionaire. You don’t get to be a billionaire without being ruthless.
He probably is now a rich jerk. When I worked at Atlassian and on boarded, one of the managers said if you are in a lift with Mike or Scott, and they asked what you do here, you better tell them what value you are bringing…
Mike was also very public he was proud Atlassian was not a high payer, he wouldn’t compete with Google etc on pay, at the time, yet people still wanted to work at Atlassian. Also didn’t hide the fact they absolutely utilised lack of local market knowledge for visa holders when nearly have the office was a temporary visa holder at the time.
what problem does this allow you to solve that you couldnt otherwise?
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