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by Yuli Ban
Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:40 am
Forum: Fictional Future
Topic: Babylon Today | My old story is back
Replies: 20
Views: 10368

Re: Babylon Today | My old story is back

The simulation idea is a good justification, the only other justification I could think of hearkens back to what I know of the original plot a bit, but in a modified form. The Medine forces are doing this out of some warped collective psychopathy that developed as a result of the tumultuous times d...
by Yuli Ban
Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:28 pm
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: Rare & Bizarre Phenomena
Replies: 87
Views: 94437

Re: Rare & Bizarre Phenomena

Actually, even a solar eclipse qualifies as a rare and bizarre phenomenon when you think about it https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/1146115974929813507 Remember that its only "perfect" temporarily as the moons orbit changes and it moves further away from Earth. It wasn't perfect a few m...
by Yuli Ban
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:20 pm
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: Rare & Bizarre Phenomena
Replies: 87
Views: 94437

Re: Rare & Bizarre Phenomena

by Yuli Ban
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: Post a video
Replies: 655
Views: 536833

Re: Post a video

by Yuli Ban
Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:18 pm
Forum: AI & Robotics
Topic: Amazon ditches 'Just Walk Out' checkouts at its grocery stores
Replies: 8
Views: 749

Re: Amazon ditches 'Just Walk Out' checkouts at its grocery stores

Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped. WTF. This literally sounds like a parody, the exact kind of joke pe...
by Yuli Ban
Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:07 am
Forum: Off Topic & General Discussion
Topic: Yuli's Treasure Chest
Replies: 38
Views: 38387

Re: Yuli's Treasure Chest

by Yuli Ban
Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:49 am
Forum: AI & Robotics
Topic: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) News and Discussions
Replies: 370
Views: 299479

Re: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) News and Discussions

Showerthought, and a summarization of David Shapiro's comment: "AGI may already be here. We just haven't woken it up yet." Based on Andrew Ng's post on agentic AI, and my own musings GPT-3.5 (zero shot) was 48.1% correct. GPT-4 (zero shot) does better at 67.0%. However, the improvement fro...