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What's the reason the current SOTA wasn't tested? GPT-5.6-Sol-Max is the actual SOTA.

Because the markets learned Chinese = fake results

It comes off as an "anti-billionaire"/"anti-capitalist" take. We invest money in hopes of ROI. The billionaires are the only ones who can afford to bring the tech to fruition ahead of dangerous adversaries (CCP). It enhances the lives of civilization. Governments try to regulate, and OSS models become available to the public for "free" (most people can't afford hardware to run competitive OS models at home). That's a healthy balance in my playbook. Certainly better than "the people's AI" which would still be stuck at GPT 3.5.

I had an LLM that could do it for me. Cheaper, faster, better. And yes, I re-edit parts I want afterwards.

"AI does not polish human work. It acts more like an extruder, forcing anything fed into it into the same generic, formulaic shape—indistinguishable from writing produced by a lazy prompt from someone unwilling to put in any more effort."

There. AI-polished sentence.

OSS can rarely compete with capitalist commerce. China has proven over and over again throughout the years their LLM claims are always inflated and significantly underperform in real-world use.

China is not "winning" against the American strategy. Otherwise the CCP wouldn't have been caught red-handed directly funding anti-datacenter projects throughout the US to hinder American LLM progress.

I run most professional statements and articles through LLMs before submission. This helps correct grammar and improves accessibility through better syntax (because I write exactly how I think).

The article doesn't seem to mention consideration of AI for polishing human work.

Super useful. Thanks!

As long as data is kept up to date... I've already benefited.

I'm in the market for a car. I wish there was a way my agents could input my requirements and make calculations specific to my needs, since most of this data is in your db.

GPT-5.6 is unhappy and says the test was materially unfair to the OpenAI model:

https://chatgpt.com/c/6a5bbe6a-a760-83ea-931a-4e2bbe028486

Thoughts?

I'm not sure what you're referring to re: Alzheimer's plaque. They're not the same type of "plaque". Alzheimer's is basically little pieces of protein that clumped together and the body couldn't get rid of it. Generally, pH changes can affect proteins and lead to their clumping, but that's not the mechanism here. It's when there's too much of these abnormal proteins that normally get filtered away. It's generally called "amyloidosis". There's many theories for why: some think it's linked to bacteria from our mouths getting into the brain, some think it's because the glymphatic system got clogged (healthy flow of CSF fluid, like clogging of certain holes where it's supposed to flow more freely, etc, etc). Not the same substance as arterial plaque.

They already invest in open-source AI, but nothing is truly free. Commercial AI will usually dominate because devs are paid to make it their primary effort. Goodwill and part-time contributions cannot reliably compete with livelihood and profit incentives.

I think you vastly misunderstood the story. These people sold a finished, packaged product to local markets. You can't excuse paying them <$2 for a $100 worth of sambazon just because you switched labels and shipped/distributed to US markets.

Bruh.... I've climbed those acai trees with locals in Brazil, and when I saw the thickness and richness of real, purely ground acai, and the dilute garbage (cough sambazon cough) they sell in the US, and mentioned how much it costs in the US.... the guy froze and thought he misheard me. A local friend turned and warned me "don't tell them that, because it'll create frustration and anger he can't do anything about."

They just run to the local store after manually grinding it in their machines, and get peanuts for a bag that would sell for >$100 in the US.

Untrue headline.

PJM’s market monitor estimates data-center demand added $23.1 billion to regional wholesale capacity costs across three delivery years through 2028.

You're probably missing out on the feeling of really, really clean teeth. Regular brushing never gave me the feeling of ALL biofilm getting stripped from the enamels.

Wasn't there a push at some point to enforce some sort of spec labeling for USB-C cables? Or was that a fantasy in my head?

Plaque is the end-cause. What's debatable is why it accumulates and what pharmaceuticals and interventions we doctors should prescribe for our patients, not whether it's present or not.

Let me try to paint a picture:

Academic and ongoing challenging education results in greater number of connections between nerves. In normal population, as plaque accumulates, it causes loss of transmission and deterioration of nerve connections.

In physicians, because they have more "density" and more pathways in which nerves are connected than the general population, dementias like Alzheimer's show no symptoms until there's even more plaque accumulated, because they can compensate with extra pathways, similar to the study on nuns who showed no signs of alzheimer's at an old age because they kept so active, even though post-mortem they had horrible alzheimer's on biopsy. At the late stage physicians finally manifest the dementia, it's stronger and progresses quicker. It's like "catching it late" for doctors.

It's not a strong study, and the demographic group was very particular, but it involved 30k physicians, which is something. I would have no problem conceding that I misread the study, but ChatGPT, which is obviously never wrong (joking of course), agreed with me: https://chatgpt.com/share/6a550f00-d174-83ea-b111-0369a8e4db...

Wrong. Physicians (which includes pediatricians), who are in general less likely to get dementia, experience its signs at an older age in general due to protective effects of their high education. Among physicians, pediatricians seemed to have higher rates.

The discussion is very low-yield though, since infections are already a minor point re: dementia, and none of the evidence is conclusive.

I'm extrapolating some. But pediatricians have higher rates of dementia compared to their counterparts (physicians have lower dementia in general): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40520-019-01278-4

The shingles virus hides in the nervous system and can come back out when immune control weakens. It causes inflammation and nerve injury, sometimes severe enough to leave people with chronic pain. From there, it’s reasonable to theorize that it could also affect the brain and even its glymphatic system over time.

Not common knowledge, but should be in this day and age. For example, someone who worked in daycare and often got sick with the flu or similar, has a higher risk of dementia (statistically-speaking).

When I learned it, it was in the context of the influenza and similar common viruses.

It's actually more nuanced than that. If you want to read more: https://www.openevidence.com/ask/bccc3cc2-e15d-4fb0-a0c5-16f...

Replicated association, which is strong, but not proof. Initial study saw a 3.5% absolute reduction in dementia diagnoses over seven years with a very wide confidence interval. In Australia the study was replicated with 1.8% absolute reduction over 7.4 yrs. Canadian replication: 2% over 5.5 yrs.

Infections generally increase the risk of future dementia. Like the more colds you have throughout life.

“Think about trying to find your own big, hard, scary thing. You might not think that you are strong enough to finish it right now, but you’re definitely strong enough to start it, and you’ll find everything else along the way. I’m going to go finish my big, hard scary thing.”

That's a really neat study. Enjoyed it.

I use 5.5 a ton. It's immediately apparent that 5.6 is truly a better model. Hope they don't lobotomize it later.

I think there is a race war happening in the UK regardless. Also a religion war.

So is 5.5-Daybreak still relevant for cyber security give. 5.6 capabilities?

I remember the day Elon became evil. It was so clear. He stopped supporting my political preferences and worldview. In fact, he actively campaigned against them! I'll never forgive him.