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BodilessGaze

@ BodilessGaze @sh.itjust.works

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  • Captains of the age

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  • Captains do that all the time. It's no biggie. That planet was probably going to be food for the Tyranids anyway.

    Oh wait, wrong community.

  • Captains of the age

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  • True, but if he hadn't, we wouldn't have one of the best episodes in the series.

  • My experience with Discord on Linux

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  • Based and nixpilled

  • Ah yes, the 3 genders

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  • What about AIHNPtPaNVaB (Assigned I have no plans to purchase a new vehicle at birth)?

  • I'm looking for an article showing that LLMs don't know how they work internally

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  • I agree, but I'm not sure it matters when it comes to the big questions, like "what separates us from the LLMs?" Answering that basically amounts to answering "what does it mean to be human?", which has been stumping philosophers for millennia.

    It's true that artificial neurons are significant different than biological ones, but are biological neurons what make us human? I'd argue no. Animals have neurons, so are they human? Also, if we ever did create a brain simulation that perfectly replicated someone's brain down to the cellular level, and that simulation behaved exactly like the original, I would characterize that as a human.

    It's also true LLMs can't learn, but there are plenty of people with anterograde amnesia that can't either.

    This feels similar to the debates about what separates us from other animal species. It used to be thought that humans were qualitatively different than other species by virtue of our use of tools, language, and culture. Then it was discovered that plenty of other animals use tools, have language, and something resembling a culture. These discoveries were ridiculed by many throughout the 20th century, even by scientists, because they wanted to keep believing humans are special in some qualitative way. I see the same thing happening with LLMs.

  • I'm looking for an article showing that LLMs don't know how they work internally

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  • I don't know how I work. I couldn't tell you much about neuroscience beyond "neurons are linked together and somehow that creates thoughts". And even when it comes to complex thoughts, I sometimes can't explain why. At my job, I often lean on intuition I've developed over a decade. I can look at a system and get an immediate sense if it's going to work well, but actually explaining why or why not takes a lot more time and energy. Am I an LLM?

  • 2025-05-29

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  • Question sarge: how does the helmet stay on when we're slithering?

  • The technology to end traffic deaths exists. Why aren’t we using it?

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  • Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Kevin Rose Digg wgah'nagl fhtagn

  • Speak American

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  • I woke up screaming last night because I dreamed I went to grab my colored pencils and they said "colour" on the box. Almost as bad as that time I dreamed I had to take a driving tests and all the speed signs were in KM.

  • 2025-05-20

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  • Why is "Ned's" centered on his toolbox, but left-aligned on his truck? Unacceptable.

  • rule

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  • I have ghosted my jar of ghost peppers.

  • 2025-05-13

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  • You know it's a legit scientific conference where there's a sitting cow.

  • For reference

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  • Do you have a justified true belief they aren't the same fig?

  • It's My Nature

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  • YES we exist

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  • YES we exist

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  • Wouldn't surprise me if this was literally true for someone. Phobias aren't rational by definition. I'm mostly over it now, but I have a phobia of buildings with high ceilings. I'm guessing it happened because I was in a scary situation as a toddler inside a theatre and my dumbass brain was like "CEILINGS = BAD". Thanks brain, I really appreciate your help in saving me from the dire threat of seeing Cars 2 in theatre.

  • 3 May, 2025

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  • Have hope. You can become someone that understands this comic.

  • If you’re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now - Ars Technica

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  • I'll remember that the next time I enter my PIN number at an ATM machine.