I just can't imagine how Waymo or any other company can compete with the first-principles full stack engineering and scaling of Tesla, which touches virtually every important dimension of consideration. And that is today, not even a year from now.
The foundation Tesla has built and shown on AI day will progressively increase their lead in the years to come, I just don't see how anyone can compete with that level of forward thinking. To me it just seems obvious, so what am I missing about Waymo?
Waymo and everybody else are only trying to solve one AI problem. Tesla wanted to tackle two at the same time. Maybe they can do it, but its just an extra hurdle that others are stepping around. Also Waymo has had level 4 deployed for years.
Yes, I totally agree. I much prefer touchbar volume slider to physical keys, because you get near-instant granular level selection over large range as opposed to multiple key presses required with courser increments to move to a certain level.
I probably use this feature 10-20 times a day, and it would be a noticeable irritation for me if it was key based. I am disappointed they're dropping the touchbar in upcoming M1x/M2 macbooks, I would definitely have preferred a touchbar. Apple, are you seeing this?
I played chess in my high school team, but then switched to Go at university. I felt like my mind opened up to more universal concepts of cause-and-effect and harmony with Go, as opposed to chess which is so narrow and constrained in comparison.
With Go it felt like something "switched on" in my thinking that allowed me to better evaluate life situations and to act with a better appreciation of possible consequences.
When AlphaGo showed superiority, I was dismayed that the "last frontier" of human intellect has been surpassed. Chess being easily defeated long before was one of the reasons I began to disregard it and rather consider Go.
After AlphaGo I began to appreciate that computer superiority doesn't mean an end to human play, as it is like an art. Maybe playing a game of chess or Go is like painting a picture, one with a distinct humanness to it. There is something lifeless and mechanical in GAN-produced pictures, which makes one yearn for a human touch. Although newer generatives like DALL-E are starting to encroach upon this too.
Also, a game is like a vigorous exchange of ideas with a social aspect to be enjoyed.
Anyway, I have to admit that I still have reservations against Chess, as I see it maybe like drawing with crayons on the playground. Each to their own, but I wonder when they will take up a paintbrush and canvas and upgrade to Go.
I have a similar history and opinion regarding chess and Go (maybe not quite as crass). I "liked" chess, whereas I love Go. With Go I really had to learn to picture the next steps on the board, because otherwise you couldn't make more than the easiest steps. Whereas in chess I didn't quite felt the need for that (well, I was a very weak player) but also I simply didn't have the mental capabilites. Only because I loved Go so much is why I really tried to learn to think visually (very tough for me).
The difference between Go and Chess for me boils down to the following:
Whenever I see a great chess move, I just think: Ah, yes, that's it.
Whereas when I see a great Go move, I think: Wow, that's a great move. And smile.
It can be really mindbending. At least for me. And that's also why machines being better than humans doesn't change the experience of playing and that's what counts in the end. If people have tried chess and Go and appreciate chess more, so be it. In the end both are only games and should only be played if it's fun.
After AlphaGo I began to appreciate that computer superiority doesn't mean an end to human play, as it is like an art. Maybe playing a game of chess or Go is like painting a picture, one with a distinct humanness to it. There is something lifeless and mechanical in GAN-produced pictures, which makes one yearn for a human touch.
Unfortunately, chess players at least have now been forced to acknowledge the beauty and seeming artistry of modern chess engines - which indicates the "humanness" you cite is probably a perception we will need to re-evaluate.
I'm an AGI-sceptic wrt current approaches including the Alpha series, so am not suggesting there is real intelligence there, just that we perhaps have historically assigned a near-spiritual reading to instances of human genius that (at least in the game-playing form discussed here) has now come under question.
Related: When I first got into chess, I especially enjoyed Lichess's 'learn by playing' feature [1] that covered fundamental and intermediate concepts. I'd love to find something similar to help learn Go.
Yes, show what you've developed/produced, as opposed to more abstract items of e.g. job responsibilities.
Also, skillset and capability is more important to me than a pristine employment history, but you need to find an effective way of demonstrating it. A portfolio of projects is a good way I think.
Personally, if I were to take a break from being employed, I'd invest some time to leetcode, because I love problem solving and I'm competitive. I just feel that I've never really had enough time or focus to get deep into it, but I think it's a good way to keep sharp. And one can show an achievement record for such activity as well, which is a good indicator of skill.
I highly recommend everyone to keep in the bathroom cupboard a cup of baking soda submerged in water to make it paste-like. Rub a finger-tip's worth of wet baking soda over your tongue after you've flossed and brushed your teeth and tongue (tongue cleaning is important - I use my toothbrush). Then rinse mouth and teeth with this baking soda and saliva for a minute or so, before spitting out.
This is the most effective addition to a mouth cleansing routine I've found. I may apply this wet baking soda "paste" multiple times a day, especially after eating or when I feel a rise in mouth acidity. Also, when I happen to get acid reflux or know I'm going to throw up I pre-emptively keep baking soda in my mouth to protect my teeth from acidity.
The author tries to convince that these stones are so ordinary, ostensibly to argue that they will not be stolen. However, watch what happens as these stones start to develop a provenance and get photographed and documented along the way.
Reading this I had a flicker of desire to steal "Lily of the valley", and likewise this desire to take hold of such a rare coveted object will grow in the hearts of man over the centuries. What gives something value is not always its intrinsic worth, but also how it takes hold in the public consciousness. Just look at worthless NFTs.
And so starts the secret brotherhood of stone-keepers who will fend off the evil advances of those who would break the sacred lineage. Or, liars will introduce new stones to inflate the supply and claim to be sacred stone-keepers. So let's put a blockchain around this thing and be done with it.
Multiple secret societies, some protecting an obscure (but in reality, quite harmless and worthless) item, some protecting the first, some trying to infiltrate, some completely made up?
Deconstruct the stone and reform it as a series of gates which can be turned on and off by applying electricity. I will leave the rest as an exercise for the reader.
Laundry and clothes by far creates the most dust and particles in my home, probably yours too.
At night, with the lights off and the room dark, turn on your phone LED pointed at the ceiling. Look closely at the air just above the light, you'll see tiny little material threads and speckles. I do not like the idea of constantly breathing that in.
I've used an expensive HEPA air filter in my room and did some testing, lo and behold: when I checked the air with my phone LED it was absolutely teeming with material particulates (probably cotton, which I mostly wear).
The air filter creates a circulation in the room disturbing dormant dust and kicking it up into the air, but the filter doesn't seem to catch and contain this dust.
Alternatively, when I left my room window open without any filter and allow fresh outside air in, the phone LED test later reveals almost pristine air quality probably a 100x decrease in particulates.
I'm now trying out a water-based air scrubber, one that looks like a fish bowl. It agitates the water, non-ultrasonically, just using rotation, and sends air through the wash. Doesn't seem to be more effective than just letting fresh air in through the window though.
Most particles by total mass, but not by total health risk. Your phone LED test only detects large particles that your lungs can remove (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucociliary_clearance ). PM2.5 particles are more dangerous because they can make it past the lungs' self-cleaning system, and the very smallest ones can penetrate the lungs and end up in the bloodstream. You need a laser sensor to measure small particles.
I had a lot of issues with an allergic-like reaction to my old bedroom when temporarily moving back to my parent's house while switching apartments. It was a bit dusty there, but visibly it didn't look too bad.
I had noticed this before while crashing there every now and then, but hadn't thought much of it. But since I had to stay there for a while I had to do something.
So I bought an air purifier with HEPA filter and let it work at full blast while I was at work. The first few days had a very noticeable improvement, and after five days I had no issues at all anymore.
It's weird that people get alergic to stuff they grew up with.
I grew up with cats. Never had a problem with them. My last cat died when I was 21. I moved out. I didn't have any contact with a cat for about 4 years. Bam, now I'm alergic to cats.
Air purifier does wonderful thing for people with allergies. Thanks to it I could pretty much stayed off meds last year.
Better people-skills and emotional intelligence would work wonders here, compared to immediately reaching for the hatchet and communicating through demands and ultimatums. Reflects very poorly on them for their inability, in this case, to start a civil conversation which can be ramped up in so many appropriate ways.
Read the "Toxoplasma of rage" by Scott Alexander or watch the "This video will make you angry" by CGP Grey.
No immediately reaching for maximum impactful tools will leave you behind and those who are not so "shy" to use strong words will advance and get more exposure. It's a memetic race. You get more attention for more outrage. Rewards and incentives shape what we see.
HN is a special place with extreme focus on avoiding that fate, extreme alertness in moderation day to day, explicit anti-engagement features like cool off periods, no pictures and emojis etc. People who can stand staying on a mostly colorless pictureless site with no memes, are also self selecting to be a tad more thoughtful than social media people.
I just can't imagine how Waymo or any other company can compete with the first-principles full stack engineering and scaling of Tesla, which touches virtually every important dimension of consideration. And that is today, not even a year from now.
The foundation Tesla has built and shown on AI day will progressively increase their lead in the years to come, I just don't see how anyone can compete with that level of forward thinking. To me it just seems obvious, so what am I missing about Waymo?