ImWaitingForRetcons

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[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (10 children)

In a vacuum, GPTs are a significant advancement in Machine Learning and AI. It’s the hype, overhype and blatant greed that’s made this whole thing toxic.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Are we seeing late-stage Roman Empire here, guys? Are the Huns and Goths incoming?

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Bottle gourds are still eaten pretty regularly in India, and I suspect, other parts of the world too.

Yep, I just checked Wikipedia, and yes, tons of purple around the world still eat it.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The first part is not feasible, since the microbiome has thousands, if not tens of thousands, of distinct species, we aren’t at a point where we could individually isolate, analyse, and reproduce all of these strains successfully.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This actually seems quite reasonable, it can give you a pretty good idea of how strong winds are if you’ve not experienced the distance between 40kmph and 60kmph before