Bharat J

playing the phd game at @UMNews. researching if AI is smart enough for cars. @iitmadras alumnus.

[Bharat J @bharatwrrr]

I am switching sides. I am now an advocate of hitting pause on AI development.

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Got introduced to the concept of 'Minimum Viable Dissertation' today: "do enough to solve the problem, create something original, and move on". Not slacking, just academic shipping.

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@paraschopra The value system changes too. Physical strength also became blockbusterized: action movies, UFC, powerlifting, etc. Now people hire physical strength less to get work done and more to experience it vicariously. Intellect might have a similar fate.

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@paraschopra This is one of my fav topics.
A counterfactual assertion can take this argument from the Humean worldview to an anti-Humean worldview:

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Counterfactual assertion: A causes B if, and only if, B would not have occurred without A.

Correlations/DL would not describe nature better than causal laws/traditional physics because of this reason: causal laws have an additional and invaluable explanatory attribute to them.

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@aryeian 🇺🇸 when?
Also, much congrats on the deal bhai🥳

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A NEW MEGATHREAD FOR A NEW YEAR

25 useful concepts to help you through 2025.

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@AviSchiffmann I think ai companions will stimulate an increase in the desire for human-human relationships. Less like “come with me for a lossless, fulfilling alternate relationship” and more like “you see how this is not as fulfilling as you thought? go socialize”.

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@parmita This is literally my family group chat

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now that indians have attained jewish level racism status in america, its time to start hosting indo-jewish shabbat. the chai-babka alliance will lead america into a brighter future

[Bharat J @bharatwrrr]

@nrmlrah Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler

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@Jonty800 @tunguz @tunguz Do you have a memecoin launch coming soon?

[Bharat J @bharatwrrr]

@aryeian @tunguz Done.
Hop on a video call after the v1 launch?

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@gabriberton I thought tqdm was quite frowned upon. Replaced it with custom prints for a good decrease in training time.

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@aryeian Looks beautiful 🫡

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@deedydas This is so good!

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The emotional moment that 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju became the 18th world chess champion 🥲🏆

[Bharat J @bharatwrrr]

After a 2 hour boat ride with family and 100 other passengers:
Me: “I heard someone puking really hard throughout the ride because of sea sickness”
Father: “Might’ve been someone playing a Bollywood song”

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@goddek

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@goddek My seed oil guy has a simpler process

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@norabelrose Shouldn't the ability to describe causal links be a necessary attribute of fundamentalism in the context of physical laws?

https://t.co/U85qqoTx1e

[Bharat J @bharatwrrr]

Maybe the correct relevant question is "Is correlation more fundamental than causation?".
Neural nets excel at finding patterns, potentially deriving physical laws from data. Yet, causal understanding provides depth and insight into why phenomena occur.