Brian Vaughan

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[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

I created a terminal-based LLM-coding tool, with an IRC-style interface. I'd love to get feedback on it.

https://t.co/kIof9Oyz7V

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

It seems that Twitter has moved.

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[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@SpencerKlavan Do you get the same effect if you vacation in, say, Colorado?

https://t.co/gQ89oOjdgm

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Obesity is less common at high altitudes because of the watershed. Environmental contaminants build up as water flows downhill and are in much higher concentrations as you approach sea level.

Compare this map of obesity by state to this map of US watersheds:

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@Jason @Apple Might be clearer with a log scale

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@davidchalmers42 I think that might be the wrong question to ask. IMO an AI being life-like isn't just about solving behavioral problems, but about having an intrinsic motive to solve them.

https://t.co/pUCHJsWtnX

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

My view is that it's the intrinsic motive of life. Instinct, pain, hunger, desire.
In ML terms, what could probably be defined as a learned reward function targeting a discounted predicted probability of self preservation.
LLMs clearly don't have that kind of reward function.

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@StealthQE4 Exactly. "Those who fail to learn from history..."

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@nycsouthpaw In 2018 they borrowed about 4 billion. Then again in 2019, then another bil in 2020. In 2021 they paid back a half a billion (while generating 392 million in operating cash flow).
The valuation is 121 billion and most of these companies pay employees in shares of their own stock.

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@nycsouthpaw You realize it costs $272/share right? No one's paying that just to collect $3/year. They've sold the market on their growth prospects, and that growth story was how they got the money to build the company in the first place.

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@TheLisaGilroy

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@alandail @sama So overall a 15% discount on terminals and 30% off on service fees?
That sounds like a pretty normal business decision, especially with the good PR he didn't have to squander.

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@alandail @sama It seems more complicated than that

https://t.co/Li29bmPZVx

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@pacificdaniel @sama USAID paid some, and other countries are involved too, it's not just UA officials.
Individual Ukrainians claim they pay starlink service fees on behalf of soldiers.
There are monthly service fees, and I don't consider it a donation if my cable company provides a "free" router.

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@sleepysquid46 @FatherCrime @punished_cait I can see how talking to someone about challenges would be helpful, but suggestions like "take baby steps" (from the deleted post) and talk of positive thinking... I... can see situations where that would just feel condescending.

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@sleepysquid46 @FatherCrime @punished_cait "Thoughts of despair" and "negative thoughts" were phrases from the original now-deleted post... so... I dunno where you're getting that idea that it didn't.
I'm not anti therapy, but certainly there are also bad therapy situations?

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@sleepysquid46 @FatherCrime @punished_cait Not everyone's situation is going to be identical.

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@sleepysquid46 @FatherCrime @punished_cait I once had stress-induced headaches that lasted for months. An antidepressant quickly cured them.
I'm not anti-therapy, but if a therapist then had attempted to address hypothetical "thoughts of despair" through "positive thinking" it would have felt like a waste of time.

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@sleepysquid46 @FatherCrime @punished_cait I'm not a doctor. Certainly some people benefit from medication. Not everyone who needs medication in a challenging period has "thoughts of despair."

[Brian Vaughan @nairbv]

@FatherCrime @sleepysquid46 @punished_cait OP states pretty clearly what they want... meds.