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  1. Probably better / smarter to focus instead on his extensive use of ketamine, adderall, and related other psychoactive agents. IMO, ozempic is the least impactful least relevant item impacting his brain function. . EDIT: I see this is a dupe of an already trashed thread anyway: https://scienceforums.net/topic/136020-elon-musk-and-ozempic/
  2. AI has been around for over 15 years. It took off with concepts of machine learning and then neural networks. LLMs are a type of AI, specifically generative, where new combinations of old data are pulled together in statistical ways. AGI is the big thing that most people think of when discussing the topic, and while some models are getting scary close, we’re not quite there yet. Different models are good at different things. Some excel at images, others at musical composition, others at coding, and even within that some models are better at coding in some languages than in others. Ultimately these are all tools. You can’t just hand someone a hammer and expect them to be able to build a cathedral. You can’t put any fool into a race car and have them set track records. You must know how to query them and know how to navigate their various eccentricities. But yes. LLMs are a type of AI just like arithmetic is a type of maths.
  3. Your "citations" may as well point to google. It appears that wherever you copy/pasted this from failed to provide actual pages and actual sections... unless this failure was yours and you put those references there directly? Either way, it's useless crap intended to look impressive and failing.
  4. Nor internet randos named Linkey who are quite clearly here to push propagandist narratives
  5. Different models have different strengths. It also matters how the user prompts it. In woodworking there is a tool called a lathe. It spins a block of wood while the craftsman interacts with it using various skews and chisels and tool rests. It takes time to learn what speeds to turn different species and which cutting tool to use for which cuts, and it takes more time to develop proper techniques to get those shapely table legs and rocking chair spindles and wooden bowls etc. You’re not going to have a masterpiece the first piece of wood you turn. Approach these models with the same beginners mindset. Use more words to explain your query. Think like a poet or novelist most than a mathematician. In these instances, short and pithy is contraindicated.
  6. It’s called moving the goalposts and throwing random fallacies at the wall to see if any stick
  7. The word you’re looking for is whataboutism
  8. It's not religious liberty they want. It's government elevation of Christianity specifically. See also how these commissions and rules changes never seem to be in favor of Hinduism or Islam. How it's always biblical quotes they're putting in classrooms and nothing from the Quran or the Vedas.
  9. iNow replied to studiot's topic in Engineering
    To my knowledge, yes
  10. iNow replied to studiot's topic in Engineering
    There is a company in Austin, Texas doing this. 3D printed homes using concrete which is impervious to rot and insect infestation and allows for incredibly creative shapes and curves that standard framing simply cannot achieve. It’s very cool tech especially as costs come down, and could potentially one day help us to colonize other worlds.
  11. Classic non-denial denial
  12. iNow replied to m_m's topic in The Lounge
    My kids like it. They’re still at the happy meal age and their mother is lazy so enables it. I find that no matter how much I eat I always still feel hungry and deeply unsatisfied when done. I like chick-fil-a better but hate their politics so don’t go there often either. Whataburger was better.
  13. Indeed, you’re right! I genuflect in your general direction, my good man. Thank you
  14. People who care about inequality watch PBS instead of CNN. CNN is like ESPN for politics. You’re watching to see who wins, not to learn and grow. It’s like eating ice cream instead of broccoli. Go to public news for healthy inputs… at least while you still can as they get their funding gutted by ideologues and grifters.
  15. I’m tired and potentially missing it, but did the Mark All Topics as Read option disappear?
  16. Wow. You lasted almost 4-1/2 whole hours
  17. He runs things like a reality tv show. Everything is about shocking the audience and going bigger and being more shocking and over the top than the last bombshell. See also: WWE and the way wrestling keeps the audience engaged.
  18. Being in nature is restorative. Being well rested is restorative. Being tired from exercise is restorative. Being around people we care about is restorative. Being involved in meaningful work is restorative. Being helpful to others is restorative. Being accepting of things as they are is restorative. Being restored is the way to escape depression, or at least blunt its impact. Happiness isn’t the goal. It’s too short lived. Too ephemeral. Focus instead on restoring yourself. From there comes strength.
  19. Flood the zone
  20. You may perhaps be right. Thanks for clarifying

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