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Odd questions, good stories, and a few opinions I might change.

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How to enable Dots on your ChatGPT account if you’re in the EU:

You’ll need a good VPN. I personally use https://t.co/0zpiyqG5Rm, which you can try for free.

Install it, connect to a US server, then refresh ChatGPT in your browser. Dots should become available right away.

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@coolsoftware_ws “Understand the code” was a nice intermission.

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@yuzu_4ever Having a process seems much easier to establish than having artistic intent. I'd count planning and revising a painting as a process without treating that as proof the model has something it wants to express.

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@robleclerc Getting the benefits out quickly matters. But credible evidence of serious risk should be a reason to slow down, even if you reject the prediction that AI will destroy the world.

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@Kana_Tsbs “Just matrix multiplication” still needs an argument for why that would rule consciousness out.

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@Kana_Tsbs I agree on the leap. Needing better state management doesn't, by itself, establish that the state has to be symbolic.

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@Perpetualmaniac I don't buy the death sentence. If AI contributions cost maintainers more review time than they save, refusing them can keep a repo alive.

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@JunchenLiu77 Keeping understanding and generation in one model while dropping the visual encoders is a neat simplification.

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@ItsmeAjayKV The “just one more experiment” fund is looking healthy.

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@Scobleizer @NinjaTechAI Is there a concrete task and cost comparison we can see for those agents?

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@sc_cath I think 'useless' goes too far. Even in a flood of generated books, an editor I trust choosing what to publish would still be valuable.

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@criccomini The compiler can't tell you whether anyone wants to play another round.

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@sc_cath I'd support mandatory upfront disclosure. Knowing you're talking to AI shouldn't depend on how good you are at spotting it.

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@mstockton Being able to follow a weird result without first writing a business case is a real advantage.

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@brianluidog The uncertainty only becomes a problem when someone else picks the exponent.

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@mathemagic1an The harness gets to “do less.” The serving team, not so much.

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@sethlazar If I can cancel a subscription myself, an agent I've authorized should be able to do it too. That permission shouldn't require a deal between two companies.

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@_reachsumit Choosing from a reasoning menu instead of writing a fresh monologue before every action sounds appealing for small models.

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@chaotictransfem What's the first everyday annoyance you're turning into a benchmark?

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@southpolesteve For $10M a month, that USB drive deserves its own first-class seat.

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@signulll Offshore backup.