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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • I have no idea. For me it’s a “you recognize it when you see it” kinda thing. Normally I’m in favor of just measuring things with a clearly defined test or benchmark, but it is in the nature of large neural networks that they can be great at scoring on any desired benchmark while failing to be good at the underlying ability that the benchmark was supposed to test (overfitting). I know this sounds like a lazy answer, but it’s a very difficult question to define something based around generalizing and reacting to new challenges.

    But whether LLMs do have “actual intelligence” or not was not my point. You can definitely make a case for claiming they do, even though I would disagree with that. My point was that calling them AIs instead of LLMs bypasses the entire discussion on their alleged intelligence as if it wasn’t up for debate. Which is misleading, especially to the general public.




  • I’m active in this guys’ matrix group for sigma males. I love it there as an eccentric, dominant and mysterious introvert. I’ve been described as an alpha a few times (even by my wife) but I never felt 100% comfortable with the term. The big difference is that I’m a loner in my free time. Some of my biggest hobbies are reading, listening to podcasts and audiobooks. Constantly learning and improving.

    I don’t care about socializing with people after work etc. I always have conflicts with alphas (who underestimate or feel threatened by me) and I MUST shut them down and put them in their places. I get a great sense of satisfaction from this. Lol But it’s also exhausting and takes the fun out of socializing. Kind of like swatting gnats. I’d rather contemplate the universe or human consciousness.

    A lot of alphas seem insecure and have a constant need for constant validation which I find incredibly weak and pathetic.

    At work I’m all business and I want to lead and take control of everything. However, I am good at playing the supporting role and being a team player. I always want to help people maximize their potential and brighten their day with humor. Women seem to love me even though I don’t put any effort into it. I’m just 100% real, humorous and of course mysterious!

    Enough self absorbed bullshit. (My ego takes over at times)

    I don’t know many other guys exactly like myself. I’m excited to compare notes with you all. Whereas alphas seem to compete against each other(often in the form of pissing contests), we sigmas seem to be kindred spirits. Even though we are lone wolves, it’s good to sometimes feel like we aren’t alone. Cheers mates.













  • I think your fundamental misunderstanding is how many people just scroll, lurk and at most comment. Let’s call those passive users. They are many and therefore worth catering to. Reddit, especially the big subreddits, are engagement generators. Their point is not to answer the questions that you as an individual might have. Their point is to maximize engagement. Providing the kind of content that keeps thousands of passive users engaged in the app has more monetary value than letting you as an individual post your personal question. So it’s geared towards letting users with a solid track record of creating engagement post easily, while being careful with users who don’t have that track record.

    You can see this in supermarkets too. Hundred different types of sweets but if I simply want nuts roasted without oil, I’m out of luck? Why? Because there’s orders of magnitude more people who will buy stuff without reading the ingredients. The people who care about not having oil added to their nuts are so relatively few that they’re not worth catering to by a mass-appealing supermarket.

    At least those are my theories, not that I have any inside knowledge.


  • I’ve been interested in the degree to which this is true, so I did a sample of some other boards. I always picked the first thread per board to avoid cherry picking results.

    • /fit/ had a dick size thread that obviously turned sexist
    • /mu/ had a kpop thread, it seemed okay
    • /an/ had a big cat general with nice photographs in it :)
    • /g/ had an AI chatbot general. I only skimmed the beginning and that already had outright pedophilia in it.
    • /a/ had an Evangelion thread with a mix of genuine discussion and softcore coomer pics of the underage girls in it
    • /c/ was just cute pics of an anime girl
    • /int/ discussed taking showers surprisingly
    • /his/ had a thread about Anne Frank, with some users posting antisemitic content and others pushing back against it

    After those I got tired. Overall I’d say the SFW boards are a very mixed bag, with some of them actually being nice.



  • For veggies, I usually get frozen mixed veggies, it’s more varied and some even have mushrooms mixed in there making them very tasty. Or I cook some tomato-based sauce.

    For protein, I mostly eat Skyr and Tofu. Eggs, nuts and lentils also have good protein content, but they have other macros as well.

    Unless you’re doing some aggressive 1000kcal deficit every day, there’s also plenty of space for “normal” meals in each day. Just do the math for the macros you need to eat for your goal. I don’t think eating only veggies + protein is a good idea long term.