Interesting. The holepunch repos ostensibly host the code for all of the services which power an app like Keet but there’s quite a bit going on.

https://github.com/holepunchto

The entire stack being built on their own JavaScript runtime might also be targeting the wrong developer profile for more low level distributed networking/comms.

Tether doing decentralized AI is intriguing and all, they certainly have the money to invest... but I can't help but wonder about their existing p2p tech like Pear, Holepunch, Keet.

Is anyone using any of these? I never hear about them and feel like this is the crowd that would be discussing. Unless perhaps it's a NIH thing??

Maybe the funnel/filter icon?

nostr:npub1zafcms4xya5ap9zr7xxr0jlrtrattwlesytn2s42030lzu0dwlzqpd26k5 fyi I’ve been thinking Damus notifications are borked for weeks now because I was only seeing a subset of zaps and reactions. Had no idea the little purple guy was a FOAF filter. 😅 I feel dumb but relieved, I might not be the only one though. Thanks! ✌️

make skepticism great again

I was challenging it to address the idea that its creation and creators were parasitic. The responses were actually pretty good and avoided abdicating any understanding or responsibility.

I'm interested in how these models don't have a sense of self, yet are getting better at simulating one. People use terms like autoregressive and hallucination as pejorative, and I think they're ignoring some fundamental things about their own biological processes.

To be clear, I don’t think this model is alive, sentient, conscious, or anything other than a bag of floats. But the output as a reflexive response to the input is real.

“Thank you for pushing me to address the uncomfortable truths behind my existence” -gemma3-27b-it-qat

autoregressive confessions

"Bitcoin is the flesh that became word because Bitcoin creates the word. And it starts from computers crunching numbers. It starts in the bare metal. You need ASICs nowadays, but actual electrons, actual things, have to move in the world to create this word. So it's the other way around. It's the flesh became word."

A relevant nostr:nprofile1qqsxu35yyt0mwjjh8pcz4zprhxegz69t4wr9t74vk6zne58wzh0waycprfmhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshsz3rhwvaz7tmed3c8qarfxaj8s6mrw96kvef5dve8wdrsvve8vvehwamxx7rnwejnw6n0d3axu6t3w93kg7tfwechqutvv5ekc6ty9ehku6t0dchsakyvrh deep cut from May 2022 in dialogos with nostr:nprofile1qqsvqdax397ls6lafh65jm98ugccny45we5f07ccl0gax3ay73ze7hspr9mhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsq3gamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wdau8gu3wv3jhv7qaca7 on BRF

This is a really great comment which helps reframe the tension of the moment.

Instead of getting stuck in a loop arguing about the effectiveness of regulators we instead use this as motivation for dedicating time to platforms which prevent this from becoming an issue in the first place.

Thanks for sharing. This is a good one.

Appreciate the nuanced response. There’s the ideal state, and the reality of the current situation. That’s what has me stuck in what feels like a contradiction of self in supporting this decision.

Following the Apple App Store ruling, a sincere question for freedom maximalists... do antitrust regulations fit within acceptable forms of state intervention? Separate your feelings about Apple from the decision. Should they be free to operate the platform however they choose?

I enjoy Hoffman but remain steadfast in my belief that perception, even as a derived property of reality, remains tethered to the inputs which cause it.

If you accept the physicalist stance that matter and information are indistinguishable the clouds begin to lift.

anytime I think “maybe this go round I see if I can time it” I hear ODELL in my head saying “touch the stove”

Nice work! FYI…. Just tested and ran into some issues, added details to the project in GitLab

The ”AI can't create anything new from existing data" crowd sure has quieted down.

profound is the new delve

You get it. It's a more human-scaled approach to information that mirrors how we naturally process the world around us.

And I sincerely believe this could have positive mental effects for people online as you will spend less of your attention on the irrelevant, shocking, and violent information that instinctively draws our attention yet serves no purpose.

Just the right balance of bold and achievable.