Chris Barker

Senior Editor at RBI/ICIS for chloralkalis and chlorvinyls

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@wojinald @GaryMarcus @theinformation The problem is that OpenAI is apparently losing money selling it.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@Spikels @Jp6291668431344 @drusenko They use human remote operators to jump in when there is a tricky dilemma apparently, giving them the best of both worlds.
The only time it breaks down is in an emergency/accident, everyone's driving becomes unpredictable and the automation can't handle it.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@marcelolima @Noahpinion They found a treatment for stomach ulcers after years of prescribing a healthy diet and less stress.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@DanielCardena @fchollet *isn't

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@DanielCardena @fchollet A bubble doesn't mean a technology is valuable or useful, it just means it is overvalued relative to its use.

[François Chollet @fchollet]

Increasing productivity in one area means people are incentivized to do more of that thing -- possibly to the point where it starts reducing overall productivity. E.g. computerization has dramatically increased the amount and length of documents companies generate, and the number of jobs that consist purely of handling documents.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@DGlaucomflecken Try the pies and pasties as well (from a good shop, not Greggs).

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@Lucy_Osborne Well done Lucy!

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@Dan_From_Reddit @SwannMarcus89 She was convicted unanimously on three counts of murder, the rest were 10-1 or not guilty.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@Freedom4Us_ @gary_snethen @Kasparov63 Even if he blunders a piece the average person would still lose or draw with nearly 100% certainty.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@Chimpburner @revhowardarson I don't think he could become better than Kasparov in anything less than centuries, but he could become good enough at it to beat him if he makes a blunder, so maybe one in several thousand games?

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@Chimpburner @revhowardarson IMO the guy has nothing to do all day but play/think about chess, he would eventually brute force first the obvious traps, then the underlying principles. Calculation would also improve.
He would need to learn the meta-skill of retaining enough information to be useful, though.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@Chimpburner @revhowardarson Presumably you would, over an infinite timeline, become expert enough at chess to beat him. The question is how long would it take with no outside resources? Decades?

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@Youngblai @AggiesRevenge Chancellorsville wasn't even a win in attrition terms, with the Union losing a lower percentage of their army than the South did of theirs. Lee also lost his best junior commander.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@MattDavis091 Often before I fall asleep

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@ambernoelle She's trying to be Nabokov and just doesn't have the juice.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@mechanical_monk En passant rarely comes up though; you might have the opportunity once every 4-5 games, at most.
If you consider that amateur players might only play that many games per year, mostly against other amateurs, it's not so weird.

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@BretDevereaux The Cruel Sea is an absolutely classic book on this topic

[Chris Barker @icis_cbarker]

@writesloud The last line of this always stuck with me, devastating: https://t.co/pmlSZ5Zzx1

[rat king 🐀 @MikeIsaac]

fixed my bathtub drain armed with nothing more than a screwdriver, pliers and YouTube and I have never felt more accomplished in my entire life