cally [he/they]

what are you doing in my lemmy profile

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Cake day: September 14th, 2023

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  • perhaps i too will post code on the internet

    here is a shell script i wrote for automating filenames for markdown files (blog posts):

    code
    #!/bin/sh
    set -e
    
    datecmd="date +%Y-%m-%d"
    
    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
      printf "Post title: " >&2
      read -r title
    else
      title="$1"
    fi
    
    file="$($datecmd)_$title.md"
    
    if [ -f "$file" ]; then
      printf "Error: post '$file' already exists.\n" >&2
      exit 1
    fi
    
    ${EDITOR:-nano} "$file"
    

    im not sure why i made it since i could just look at what date it is and write it down manually in the file name, but i felt like doing that as a quick hack


  • How would that work? What if I gain access to the AI and predict my own choices? Would the AI be able to predict that I am using it, and somehow come to a conclusion even though its conclusions would change my behavior?

    Let’s say the AI says that I’ll do thing A, and then I see that and choose to do thing B, the AI is wrong.

    But if AI had predicted thing B, I, the smartass, would’ve chosen to do thing A, the opposite, so the AI is wrong.

    How intelligent would it need to be to realize that my behavior depends on its output, and that it could control me with its predictions? Maybe the AI predicts that I’ll use it, so it deliberately shifts its predictions in a way to make me act in its favor somehow…

    Is there a name for this kind of paradox? Can a machine predict itself?

    This is the issue I have with machines that predict the universe, because if the machine itself influences the universe (even if in a relatively small way), the machine would have to replicate itself in its simulation, which would be a problem as the simulated machine would also have to predict itself, etc, etc… this seems like it’d require infinite computing power. So by extension, if the super-intelligence wants to predict my actions, but I have access to the machine, then the machine would need to predict itself.










  • Yes, but also not really? Not sure if enabling “Keep Inventory” counts as cheating in survival Minecraft or if it counts as a play style. Of course creative mode is only cheating when you use it in a world that was meant for survival, but I haven’t done that. Really unsure what counts as cheating in Minecraft singleplayer to be honest.

    Other games: no, not really, I don’t even know how to cheat in Hollow Knight for example, Universe Sandbox is fully a sandbox game so you can’t cheat, and…

    Oh wait, I guess I did use Assist Mode in Celeste once? I think that counts as cheating since I didn’t really need assist mode at all I was just frustrated and wanted to have fun. Yeah, sometimes I cheat actually. It’s fun in singleplayer and doesn’t ruin the game for anyone else.