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But weren’t they undecided at first?

Somewhat. I am not familiar with this exact type of algorithm, but the global name is “Encoder-Decoder” algorithm. Broadly speaking you have an input (the original image) and you want to create an output (obviously). You want the input and the output to be “very similar” according to some definition, but you imagine that the AI algorithm has two parts, the encoder part that extracts as much meaningful information as possible from the input and a decoder, that takes that information and generates something new out if it. This information is practically stored as a list of numbers, and we do not impose any prior meaning to them (we do not say that the first number for example is the number of people in the image) but the algorithm learns to make the best out of the encoding.

Two different machines that run the same algorithm trained independently might have completely different middle information. The only thing that matters is that the “encoder” and the “decoder” parts both know what’s going on. (Basically, yes, it’s random but the computer knows how to interpret it - where “know” is used very loosely here)

Sorry for the rant! I hope you found it interesting

What I read is “US is big enough that if you search long enough you find good food”. Overall, a random US restaurant will be a fairly forgettable experience

Odd, I used chatgpt as well and got insane “yes sure you can do it like like” from the get go (asking about a git problem, got git commands that either didn’t exist or didn’t do what Chatgpt was claiming they did - turns out what I wanted to do could not be done with git)

The chatbots are trained in the “yes and” model of conversation. They can’t (?) say “no, you are a lunatic and this is insane” or any other milder variations of it, they only say “yes, you are right”. This stokes one’s ego, but obviously creates problems

In a very nuanced approach, I state: “Airbnb is the cancer of tourism, an already problematic industry”

I am also very confused by the conditional. EU has safety standards because safety. Obviously lowering the standards lowers safety!

I think, a lot. The shift during the pandemic of requesting uniquely online presence definitely sped up a trend that could already be detected. And because it was unprecedented, “adults” weren’t able to guide younger ones along the transition.

On the other hand, I see the lasting effects isolation did to social skills in kids and teenagers…

Honestly, I have seen many classrooms in which no one was talking to anyone. There would be a break in the lecture, and the lecture hall would be absolutely silent for 10-15 minutes until the lecture resumed. Other classes were a bit more chattery, or even way more. As a teacher now, it seems anecdotally that the problem is getting worse, but that’s what every teacher always said (“these younger generations!! Mumble mumble”)

Good safety standards are wildly different in EU and US. In many parts of EU some form of raw meat or other is common, raw milk is not too unusual. Consuming these items in US is a small step away from voluntary food poisoning. Not considering all the cases of unsafe foods delivered to the US supermarkets. Anecdotally, I would say some call back or other happens once a month in US (would love more precise data, too lazy to look)

“There is a homeless problem, look there”

“But if you don’t look you don’t see the problem”

Rents in NYC are rising higher than salaries, squeezing out the poorer segment of the population. This, between other symptoms, generates homelessness. That’s what I see in NYC.

I went through Penn Station more times than I would have wanted. Arriving and leaving from there twisted my stomach in a knot, I wouldn’t be able to handle it every day.

The pycharm AI integration completes each line. That’s very useful when you are repeating a well known algorithm and not distracting when you are doing something unusual. So overall, for small things AI is a speed up. I haven’t tried asking chatgpt for bigger coffe chunks, I haven’t had the greatest experience with it up to now and ii don’t want to spend more time debugging than I am already.

I could never live in NYC… the homelessness problem is too widespread in pretty much all of US cities.

My position is a state position in Europe. Since the specifics of the contract are standardized, and can be found online (theoretically), I didn’t have to sign a contract to start working. I hated it… still do, even if the job is overall good. I only have a piece of paper from HR stating that the state granted me the position.

Reference please?

That feels quite sad, honestly… I wish you all to find fulfillment and happiness without the need for sugar supplements

So the respect option is the most likely