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    Just to make this even clearer, what this is saying is that reality as we understand it did not begin at the big bang and proceed...
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    There are a lot of "same day as they joined" posts with long theses. They seem to be treating SDC as a publisher for their ideas...
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    Your response is a valuable addition to the rich back and forth of stimulating ideas in an open forum.
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    I agree the source is irrelevant. Didn't the benzene ring come from a dream of a snake holding his tail? Similarly, AI can point us in a...
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    We understand AI is capable of brilliance and silliness. The problem is sorting one from the other. No one seems to be able to do that.
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    I'm sure most of the data is pretty good. Unfortunately, this is what gets us into problems. One of the prerequisites for trusting an AI...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Universal Motion Theory.
    Use whatever you want, just make sure it is labelled as AI. Then it is responsible for errors and your cred is intact. Claim it as your...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Universal Motion Theory.
    Here is a study from MIT showing how use of LLM results in poor understanding. A better understanding comes from doing your own...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Universal Motion Theory.
    Yes, it is true we need to keep up or be left behind. However, if you are leading me down an LLM generated rosy path, I want to be left...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Universal Motion Theory.
    As long as it is reviewed by a human it is no longer suspect. The problem is you can't tell what has been reviewed and what has not. If...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Universal Motion Theory.
    LLM's assume all scraped input is true. LLM output is "generated" and is a weighted average of what it was fed. LLM cannot quote and...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Keeping The ISS In Orbit.
    Yes, ISS is in a vacuum, which is very good for preservation, however it is also subject to cosmic radiation that we don't have on...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Light in the existence.
    No EM wave exists without a moving charge somewhere. EM cannot exist in a static framework. If light was stationary and we were moving...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Keeping The ISS In Orbit.
    The B-52 was not designed to last 100 years. Since we have no alternative, we take them completely apart here on Earth in a hangar and...
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    billslugg replied to the thread Reusable Stages.
    We did not have today's superalloys, supercomputers, 3D printing, GPS, etc etc. We could barely get something into orbit. I remember...