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DaveC426913 replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.Holy carp. Yes it is. I concede the point. No notes. -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.That's a pretty clear false dichotomy (trichotomy?) Two of those choices are statistically random. OK, so GPT is slightly better than... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.Do you think that AI could: a] produce this as an original piece of artwork (no precedent to steal from) b] do so without direct... -
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If Picasso never existed and someone asked an LLM to draw the portrait of a person and the result was this: Would it be considered a... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Measuring Deer Antler Volume.Oh. A suspended spring scale. I am such a stupidhead. :sorry: -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Measuring Deer Antler Volume.OK, a few questions for @erobz: How do you see this utilized? For your own personal use, or is this open to all - say, at a public... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Measuring Deer Antler Volume.OK, I totally don't get it. What if the antlers are buoyant? I thought the whole point was to measure the difference between the weight... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread How far will we let AI control us?.There is a difference between "I have a lifetime of experiences that have been digested, run through my psyche and my worldview, and I... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Measuring Deer Antler Volume.Until now, I had an image of a moderate fish tank doing the trick. But after putting a few numbers to it, I see I was off by an... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Measuring Deer Antler Volume.So, as with "my" method, it only works if the antlers naturally float, yes? So, you Place the tank and water on a weigh scale large... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Measuring Deer Antler Volume.Right. That's what the tank is for. It's a very good (low-tech) way of determining the volume of a highly-irregular object. It is not a... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Measuring Deer Antler Volume.No. The antlers. Why weigh them in water? Why not just ... weigh them? We must have our wires crossed. In my perception it was you who... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread General principle of turbomachinery: true also for rocket turbopumps?.That may sound plausible but is it true? These factors dont scale linearly. Only doing the math will tell you. And you cant do the math... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Measuring Deer Antler Volume.I don't get it. Why not just weigh it directly?
