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russ_watters replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.Topic restriction does help, and over time we've narrowed the focus, eliminating politics, philosophy, "theory development" and... -
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There are definitely products out there aiming to "fix" social media: One such tool is Topaz, developed by an old acquaintance of mine... -
russ_watters reacted to kuruman's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
I think that the first manned Moon landing in 1969 was a spectacular solution to the 3-body problem. I scrimped and saved for three...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
It is interesting to know that the first computers (e.g. the ENIAC) were built specifically to conveniently calculate non-analytical...
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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
PS the ancient Greeks were obsessed by rational numbers and didn't like it when irrational numbers starting popping up. We know that no...
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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
The problem is that there are hardly any standard functions: polynomials, trig functions, exponential and logs. That's about it. There...
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russ_watters reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
It is already solved. The solution is just not analytic.
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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Why is the 3 body problem unsolvable? And what will happen if someone solves it? with Like.
I once heard the analogy that studying systems with analytic solutions is a bit like studying a single animal, like the elephant. And...
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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed with Like.
If the platform cannot identify who wrote it, then it is responsible. Someone, for example, would be able to charge X with making a...
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russ_watters reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed with Like.
I've believed from the beginning that any platform, whether TV, print or Internet must ultimately be responsible for everything they...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed.Strict moderation is rare because it takes a lot of effort* and reduces user engagement. What self-respecting capitalist CEO/investor...
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russ_watters replied to the thread Is AI hype?.CNN article discussing the title question: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/14/business/chatgpt-rollout-problems
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@Filip Larsen Although I am not an expert, and this is just my opinion, I highly doubt that AGI - if it happens - will come from the...
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Thank you for using those words! That's what I've been saying all along.
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And disappointingly predictable. At the risk of getting this comment pulled or a warning issued, this is the problem with the...