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phagenlocher | 1 year ago | on: Show HN: I Built an AI Tattoo Generator Using Flux

But who guarantees me that a tattoo artist would actually be able to draw these suggestions? Isn't that usually something you have to work out with the artist beforehand?

phagenlocher | 2 years ago | on: LLMs trained on “A is B” fail to learn “B is A”

I don't find that surprising, as LLMs typically predict the next token in a string of tokens not the previous. Just because we, as humans, have the knowledge that "is" can be a symmetric relation does not imply that LLMs have this knowledge.

phagenlocher | 2 years ago | on: LLMs trained on “A is B” fail to learn “B is A”

I am surprised that anybody is surprised about this. LLMs don't even understand relations and even if they did: Why would they assume that relations are symmetric? It would be incorrect to do so for the general case anyways.

phagenlocher | 2 years ago | on: Is LaTeX Worth It?

I totally see that. That has also been the main argument from some of my friends in academia. Mainly, the question of "Is LaTeX Worth It?" is aimed at the fact that it _has_ become the default option in some academic disciplines. Is _that_ really worth it or should the people in those fields reconsider? Of course the system is old and sluggish, so nothing will change in the foreseeable future, but we all can dream.

phagenlocher | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where do you post your blogs apart from HN?

I added mine to https://blogs.hn

phagenlocher | 2 years ago | on: Do you struggle to find ethical work?

Even when you do ethical work there is a question about the effectiveness of the work. At least that is something that I struggle with. While the software I work on benefits healthcare workers I often question if and how my contributions are actually making a difference. Maybe a small one?

To me that raises the question whether it would make more sense to work for a bank / hedge fund and just donate the money I would make there to good causes -- effective altruism style. But that seems like extreme mental gymnastics to me.

phagenlocher | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Name Checker – check your project name accross many sites

Works well! Who would have guessed that the name "foobar" is taken on so many platforms? :P

phagenlocher | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: Name Checker – check your project name accross many sites

Very cool! Is this open-source? It would be cool to add a few sources to this (like https://hackage.haskell.org).