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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-29 at 21:57

Hey @alcinnz

you might already know this, but I've just come across Great Australian Pods #Podcast Directory and immediately had to think about you. 😊

https://www.greataustralianpods.com/

They are also on Fedi @cheryanne

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-29 at 20:54

‘Interpretability’ and ‘alignment’ are fool’s errands: a #proof that controlling misaligned large language models is the best anyone can hope for (Oct 2024)

https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s00146-024-02113-9?sharing_token=3rRsMdH1UdNlnQQmqcozX_e4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY6BPcdnFvH2qz5wBW_MWVfuP6XiIjUuOaAkAylpJWYcV7ptG9FICiiQIbLIhD2SwblgAxawIQPIF0AJKzQaIv6wgiJRo4GtMJ1R6AewBvbdRekNszwAag_WVijImJA2dlc%3D

"This paper [...] show[s] that it is empirically impossible to reliably interpret which functions a large language model (#LLM) #AI has learned, and thus, that reliably aligning LLM behavior with human values is provably impossible."

This affects much more than just alignment!

[#]LLMs #Paper #ArtificialIntelligence

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-27 at 22:12

Blog post by someone: "Here, I've build a new tool"

Me, thinking: Oh, that must've been easy to build.

Me, having the blog post opened: looks at that barely visible scrollbar in my browser

Me: Oh...😳

[#]SoftwareEngineering #Humbling #Complexity

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-26 at 12:45

equivocation

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/equivocation

"The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading."

Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation

[#]Words #Language

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-26 at 11:08

Apparently, #GithubCopilot can also provide you a sandwhich recipe.¯_(ツ)_/¯

Yum...😋

[#]LLM #LLMs #Jailbreak #AI

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-25 at 20:04

Oh look, there's a stabilization PR for Arbitrary Self Types V2 over at #RustLang :awesome: 🎉

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/135881

It allows you to do stuff like this (taken from the PR):

struct MySmartPtr(T);

impl core::ops::Receiver for MySmartPtr {

type Target = T;

}

struct Content;

impl Content {

fn method(self: MySmartPtr) { // note self type

}

}

The #RustForLinux project heavily relies on this feature.

[#]Rust

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-25 at 14:07

The Analytical Engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_engine

"The analytical engine was a proposed digital mechanical general-purpose #computer designed by English mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage."

"The analytical engine incorporated an arithmetic logic unit, control flow in the form of conditional branching and loops, and integrated memory, making it the first design for a general-purpose computer that could be described in modern terms as Turing-Complete."

[#]History #TuringComplete

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-24 at 22:51

We are currently living through one of the biggest financial bubbles in human history!

Brace yourself!

[#]Economy #Bubble #FinancialMarket #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Society

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-19 at 22:02

Just published a new version of csv-diff (v0.1.1) 🚀

https://lib.rs/crates/csv-diff

This fixes a nasty bug regarding sort order of modified csv records. 😖

Details in the MR/PR:

https://gitlab.com/janriemer/csv-diff/-/merge_requests/31

Also, two new incoming PRs for #qsv, the #CSV toolkit:

The first updates to the latest csv-diff, fixing aforementioned bug:

https://github.com/dathere/qsv/pull/2456

The second fixes a bug regarding conversion from column names to indices:

https://github.com/dathere/qsv/pull/2457

[#]Rust #RustLang #OpenSource #CSVDiff

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-19 at 19:55

Some #Rust string literal #trivia - the following are equal:

let s = "one line string";

let s = "one line \

         string";

And these ones are also equal:

let lines = "a\nmultiline\nstring";

let lines = "a

multiline

string";

and now my favorite... 🥁

let lines = "a\n\

         multiline\n\

         string";

Playground:

https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2021&gist=a2c5a0e080a4fc56bb9ea8accac22a8b

[#]RustLang #RustTips #Strings

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-18 at 19:00

"[...] If you believe that your data and creative work should not be exploited with impunity for profit by a handful of corporations, join us in supporting this battle."

2/2

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-18 at 18:59

EGAIR | A proposal to regulate #AI in #EU

https://www.egair.eu/

"We are a group of artists, creatives, publishers and associations from all over #Europe united in bringing to the public attention how our data and intellectual properties are being exploited without our consent, on a scale never seen before. Such an unprecedented situation has led us to join our forces to reach out to the European Institutions and have our voices heard[...]"

1/2

[#]Law #Regulation #Artists #Art

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-18 at 11:49

Ouch, there is another bug and this time it is actually in #CSVDiff itself!

It happens with sorting the results of modified rows (urgh, I'm also not happy with the sorting code).😨

Thankfully, datatraveller1 already has found a reproducible example - thank you so much! ❤️

Bug:

https://github.com/dathere/qsv/issues/2443#issuecomment-2598987465

I think I already found a solution, but needs rigorous testing first!

Potential solution:

https://github.com/dathere/qsv/issues/2443#issuecomment-2599681431

[#]qsv #Bug #csv

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-18 at 09:56

Apple pauses #AI notification summaries for news after generating false alerts:

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/apple-pauses-ai-notification-summaries-for-news-after-generating-false-alerts/

Hey #Apple, why not just update the thing!?

You've just forgotten to proompt:

"Please provide accurate information...and again, DO NOT HALLUCINATE!!1!111!!"

[#]LLM #LLMs

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-16 at 23:25

Nice, I think I found the bug! 🐛

See all the explanation and possible solution here:

=> https://github.com/dathere/qsv/issues/2443#issuecomment-2597097311

Workaround is also present and explained, so should be no blocker for people.

Will prob provide a fix on the weekend. 🤞

[#]CSVDiff #qsv #Bug #Fix #Bugfix

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-16 at 21:00

All these "state management" solutions of the "modern web" like #Redux, Zustand or whatever try to solve state management in UI apps by introducing unfathomable amount of complexity...

...when in reality all you need is #Bevy's #ECS. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

✨

[#]GUI #UI #StateManagement #DataOrientedDesign #DoD

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-16 at 19:56

Uh ohhhh, someone reported a bug in qsv's diff command.😮 🙈

https://github.com/dathere/qsv/issues/2443

Hopefully, we can resolve this soon! 🤞🥺

I have a strong suspicion, but let's see... I need more info first from the OP.

[#]Bug #Issue #CSVDiff #Diff #CLI #qsv

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-14 at 20:43

• In Homer's voice*

Mhmhmh...Monads 🤤

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-09 at 21:00

In about 15 - 20 years, we will have interactive movies - movies, where you can switch into multiple camera perspectives, maybe even experience the movie from the view of certain actors.

[#]Prediction #Cinema #Movies #Culture

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Written by Jan :rust: :ferris: on 2025-01-09 at 20:18

[#]Poetry?

Maybe they've cried too much...

It sometimes seems that many people in #society go through life as if their vision is blurred.

Only seeing what is directly in front of them.

Not seeing past the obvious - into the future - into what will eventually become reality.

Maybe they've cried too much...

[#]Daydreaming #Thoughts #Sad

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