ppollaki

Ah yes, because if Congress is slow to act, the obvious solution is to hand unilateral power over federal spending to checks notes an unelected billionaire posting memes at 3AM while holed up with a group of junior engineers who've never worked in government.

Your frustration with congressional inefficiency has somehow led you to endorse bypassing the Constitution entirely. That's like saying 'my kitchen remodel is taking too long, so I'll just let this random guy on Twitter demolish my house.

devastating environmental news posted

"but where's the peer-reviewed proof this is bad?"

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"classic HN contrarianism"

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rinse and repeat

There is no moat.

https://semianalysis.com/2023/05/04/google-we-have-no-moat-a...

I've noticed that the GPT-4 model's capabilities seem limited compared to its initial release. Others have also pointed this out. I suspect that making the model free might have required reducing its capabilities to meet cost efficiency goals. I'll have to try it out to see for myself.

If you are a luddite like myself, I would recommend you take a look at this CRS primer about this issue. It’s short, succinct, and provides context with comprehensive citations: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB11127