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Open Question:
What is the end of AI systems?

Like the end for a car is transportation. Therefore, we continue to iterate on the design to improve power, efficiency, or style.

Can a similar focus on end be applied to AI? Some seem clear like AlphaGo, self-driving cars, medical imaging, etc. Really the challenge seems to be with LLMs. Is the lack of clear end contributing to misuse and harm caused by LLMs?

#AI #chatbots #LLM #philosophy #openquestion #discussion

Open Question:
What is the end of AI systems?

Like the end for a car is transportation. Therefore, we continue to iterate on the design to improve power, efficiency, or style.

Can a similar focus on end be applied to AI? Some seem clear like AlphaGo, self-driving cars, medical imaging, etc. Really the challenge seems to be with LLMs. Is the lack of clear end contributing to misuse and harm caused by LLMs?

#AI #chatbots #LLM #philosophy #openquestion #discussion

Getting back to #running at this time of the year was a great decision. Put on shoes, shorts and t-shirt and go for 7km in nearby forest - the most relaxing thing when I’m tired of reading books and sitting in front of a computer 🌳

Bonus points for coffee break afterwards ☕️

Out of curiosity, how do you usually relax on Sunday? #openquestion

Getting back to #running at this time of the year was a great decision. Put on shoes, shorts and t-shirt and go for 7km in nearby forest - the most relaxing thing when I’m tired of reading books and sitting in front of a computer 🌳

Bonus points for coffee break afterwards ☕️

Out of curiosity, how do you usually relax on Sunday? #openquestion

#mathstodon #mathematicalRecreation #openQuestion

Shower thought from the other day: Is there a generalized continued fraction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_continued_fraction) with partial numerators and denominators b0,a1,b1,a2,b2,… (all positive integers)

such that the decimal number it represents is b0.a1b1a2b2a3b3… (concatenation of all the constants)?

Is there a finite one? Are there any? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#mathstodon #mathematicalRecreation #openQuestion

Shower thought from the other day: Is there a generalized continued fraction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_continued_fraction) with partial numerators and denominators b0,a1,b1,a2,b2,… (all positive integers)

such that the decimal number it represents is b0.a1b1a2b2a3b3… (concatenation of all the constants)?

Is there a finite one? Are there any? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Quick question: B2B or employment contract?

Which one looks better in which situation and what to look for in case of switching sides?

I think I need to learn the overall opinion of people here on Mastodon biased by the fact that Mastodon is kind of a niche 😉

#programming #python #openquestion

Would you use local-only services, such as email, chat, books library, copy of Wikipedia & other encyclopedias, local blogging site, local news, may be torrents, & smth else based on #p2p without access to "global internet".
What else local-only services you would use without access to "classic" internet?
Would you pay for access to such local-only service?
If such local services would appear in few places, they could to bridge.

#openQuestion #question #decentrallization #internet #future

Would you use local-only services, such as email, chat, books library, copy of Wikipedia & other encyclopedias, local blogging site, local news, may be torrents, & smth else based on #p2p without access to "global internet".
What else local-only services you would use without access to "classic" internet?
Would you pay for access to such local-only service?
If such local services would appear in few places, they could to bridge.

#openQuestion #question #decentrallization #internet #future

#QuickQuestion / #OpenQuestion:

#IF you're #Following me and #NotInteracting with #Me or #MyMaterial; #WhyIsThat and for #HowLong do you #Think I'll #LetThatContinue...?

#IndividualUserExperienceWillVary

🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | ☕🎠🍪🦄🍪🎠☕

https://syzito.xyz/@PSiReN/110961672097591183

Which software, if used in given company, would make you stand up and walk away from an interview?

#FediPoll #OpenQuestion #ShitSoftware #List

Which software, if used in given company, would make you stand up and walk away from an interview?

#FediPoll #OpenQuestion #ShitSoftware #List

Hey Mastodon...

Best Zoom alternative?

My boss isn't happy about their new terms, including stuff with using all meetings to feed AI.

Give me info!

#Zoom #OpenQuestion #INeedFeedback #Alternatives #OnlineMeetings #VIdeoCalls

Hey Mastodon...

Best Zoom alternative?

My boss isn't happy about their new terms, including stuff with using all meetings to feed AI.

Give me info!

#Zoom #OpenQuestion #INeedFeedback #Alternatives #OnlineMeetings #VIdeoCalls

Is it wrong to wake a sleeping cat just cuz u want to pet them?

#moraldilemma #moraldilemmas #cat #cats #question #questions #OpenQuestions #openquestion #discuss #letmeknow

#OpenQuestion

Can there be "obligation" without any realistic mechanism of "accountability"? Interpret that how you want when you respond.

#AskMastodon

#OpenQuestion

Can there be "obligation" without any realistic mechanism of "accountability"? Interpret that how you want when you respond.

#AskMastodon

In your own experience, what does it mean to be close to/with someone?

#question #questions #openquestion #OpenQuestions #relationships #friendship #family #love #friends #intimacy #close #friendships #relationship

How do you cry? Like, if you need to cry and u can feel it in u but it won't come out without u being mean to urself, how do u coax it out gently? Sad movies? I used to cry all the time but with T it's been so much more physically challenging, it just seems to sit heavy in my chest or throat

#cry #crying #sad #sadness #grief #testosterone #trans #transmasc #T #transman #tears #transmen #lgbt #lgbtq #trauma #grieving #advicewelcome #adviceneeded #advicewanted #question #questions #openquestion

How do you cry? Like, if you need to cry and u can feel it in u but it won't come out without u being mean to urself, how do u coax it out gently? Sad movies? I used to cry all the time but with T it's been so much more physically challenging, it just seems to sit heavy in my chest or throat

#cry #crying #sad #sadness #grief #testosterone #trans #transmasc #T #transman #tears #transmen #lgbt #lgbtq #trauma #grieving #advicewelcome #adviceneeded #advicewanted #question #questions #openquestion

Looking to buy a binder for my DDs, what store do you recommend?

#trans #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #transgender #transsexual #queer #ftm #transmasc #transman #transmen #question #openquestion #OpenQuestions #questions #adviceneeded #advicewanted #recommendations #binder #binders #transition #recommendme #RecommendationsWelcomed #recommendation #recommendationswanted #recommendationsneeded #adviceplease #advicewelcome #lookingforrecommendations #lookingforadvice #binding #chestbinding #chestbinder

What's some bathroom graffiti you still remember?

Mine are both from high school. One was "Michelle and Devin 4 ever" (or whatever their names were) with the "ever" crossed out in another pen and "like a week lol" written instead. Devastating.

The other was "the coffee poop is real." Truer words have rarely been spoken.

#bathroom #graffiti #vandalism #funny #coffee #restroom #publicbathroom #Publicrestrooms #highschool #question #openquestion #vandalised #relationships #relationship #breakup

Trans folks who have transitioned or are transitioning:

Has your gender-based sexual attraction changed over the course of your transition? For example, did you used to consider yourself bisexual but are now exclusively attracted to one gender, or maybe vice versa?
Please share your experiences in the replies!

#poll #polls #lgbt #trans #queer #gay #bi #pan #sexuality #transition #transitioning #question #openquestion #questions #openquestions #bisexual #pansexual #transsexual #transgender

Trans folks who have transitioned or are transitioning:

Has your gender-based sexual attraction changed over the course of your transition? For example, did you used to consider yourself bisexual but are now exclusively attracted to one gender, or maybe vice versa?
Please share your experiences in the replies!

#poll #polls #lgbt #trans #queer #gay #bi #pan #sexuality #transition #transitioning #question #openquestion #questions #openquestions #bisexual #pansexual #transsexual #transgender

To everyone who has had top surgery:

What's something you wish you knew before the day of the surgery?

What's something you wish you had done differently, if anything?

What tips on recovery would you give to someone who's going to get top surgery?

#topsurgery #surgery #trans #lgbt #transmasc #transman #transguy #transboy #transgender #transsexual #transmasculine #tips #question #questions #openquestion #openquestions

To everyone who has had top surgery:

What's something you wish you knew before the day of the surgery?

What's something you wish you had done differently, if anything?

What tips on recovery would you give to someone who's going to get top surgery?

#topsurgery #surgery #trans #lgbt #transmasc #transman #transguy #transboy #transgender #transsexual #transmasculine #tips #question #questions #openquestion #openquestions

Should I bleach and dye my hair dark red (like red velvet cake red, not natural redhead red) before top surgery or after recovering from surgery?

Let me know why in the replies! I'll also add more details there for the curious

#poll #polls #question #questions #hair #dye #bleachedhair #dyedhair #redhair #surgery #openquestion #style #haircolor #haircoloring #trans #lgbt #topsurgery #selfexpression #transman #transboy #transguy #queer

Should I bleach and dye my hair dark red (like red velvet cake red, not natural redhead red) before top surgery or after recovering from surgery?

Let me know why in the replies! I'll also add more details there for the curious

#poll #polls #question #questions #hair #dye #bleachedhair #dyedhair #redhair #surgery #openquestion #style #haircolor #haircoloring #trans #lgbt #topsurgery #selfexpression #transman #transboy #transguy #queer

What's the album you know the most lyrics to? For me it's gotta be Electra Heart by Marina

#music #lyrics #Marina #electraheart #album #albums #song #songs #question #questions #openquestion #openquestions #pop

What's the album you know the most lyrics to? For me it's gotta be Electra Heart by Marina

#music #lyrics #Marina #electraheart #album #albums #song #songs #question #questions #openquestion #openquestions #pop

TIL about an apparently notorious #OpenQuestion in #topology: is there a complex structure on the 6-sphere?

The Chern character rules out complex structures on 𝑆ⁿ for n>6. Apparently 𝑆⁴ doesn't even have an almost complex structure, although 𝑆⁶ does (coming as the unit sphere in the pure imaginary #octonions IIUC).

See https://doi.org/10.4153/CMB-1966-003-9 for some overview and refs. Learned from https://twitter.com/CihanPostsThms/status/1632549791036059648

TIL about an apparently notorious #OpenQuestion in #topology: is there a complex structure on the 6-sphere?

The Chern character rules out complex structures on 𝑆ⁿ for n>6. Apparently 𝑆⁴ doesn't even have an almost complex structure, although 𝑆⁶ does (coming as the unit sphere in the pure imaginary #octonions IIUC).

See https://doi.org/10.4153/CMB-1966-003-9 for some overview and refs. Learned from https://twitter.com/CihanPostsThms/status/1632549791036059648

What's a horror piece that rly got to you?
Movie, book, short film, story, painting, photo, comic, audio, anything

#openquestion #question #questions #horror #movies #film #shortstories #comics #photography #painting #art #thriller #scary #books

What was your sexual awakening, if you had one? I always love hearing these

#openquestion #OpenQuestions #imcurious #question #questions #sexualawakening #sexuality #awakenening

How do u keep the hair on top of ur head from laying flat, especially with longer hair? That was a problem I always had when I had hair down past my shoulders. I would lift the roots with a hair pick and it helped but not for long. I have plenty of volume on the sides and very back, only the hair on top of my head gives me trouble

#hair #question #questions #openquestion #OpenQuestions #hairstyling #longhair #hairtips #tips #hairstyle #style

(continuing) Hyperbolic Pythagoras tells us \[ \cosh c=\cosh a\cosh b \] (Spherical uses "cos".) I long-ago (re?-)discovered Hyp de Gua: \[ \cos\frac{D}2=\cos\frac{A}2\cos\frac{B}2\cos\frac{C}2-\sin\frac{A}2\sin\frac{B}2\sin\frac{C}2 \] (Sph uses "+".) Beyond that? I have no idea, even for 4-space. Hyp volumes are encoded in elaborate integrals, and a Pythagor-esque relation among them seems quite elusive (to me). So, I thought I'd post this as an #OpenQuestion in #NonEuclidean #Hedronometry

Have been addicted to fictional criminal profiling shows on TV for decades.

Ergo, now revisiting the first 3 seasons of the #AllyWalker #RobertDavi series #PROFILER (1996-2000) thanks to eBay.

#OpenQuestion: homeowners insurance doesn't pay for self-instigated arson, but what about if a homicidal maniac sets fire to your house? (NOT asking for a friend)🤣 (I'm gonna get in trouble for this, ain't I?) 🙃

TV theme intro on YT, by the late #AngeloBadalamenti : https://youtu.be/lzbDDa7REzA

Have been addicted to fictional criminal profiling shows on TV for decades.

Ergo, now revisiting the first 3 seasons of the #AllyWalker #RobertDavi series #PROFILER (1996-2000) thanks to eBay.

#OpenQuestion: homeowners insurance doesn't pay for self-instigated arson, but what about if a homicidal maniac sets fire to your house? (NOT asking for a friend)🤣 (I'm gonna get in trouble for this, ain't I?) 🙃

TV theme intro on YT, by the late #AngeloBadalamenti : https://youtu.be/lzbDDa7REzA

Have any trans ppl on T here used minoxidil to boost facial hair growth or slow thinning hair? Would you mind sharing your experiences?

#minoxidil #hairthinning #facialhair #hair #mustache #beard #hairgrowth #balding #testosterone #T #transmasc #transman #transguy #transboy #transdude #transitioning #transition #masculinization #masculinizing #hairloss #Rogaine #trans #transsexual #transgender #ftm #transmale #hrt #hormones #hormonereplacementtherapy #openquestion #question #transmen #transguys

#Introduction

I have a background in #physics and did my dissertation research in #computational #astrophysics before switching over mostly to #software #development in #Python on #Linux and #Swift for #iOS as the #CEO of my #startup #BinaryCoalescence.

I am a #classical #vocalist and sing with the #NashvilleSymphonyChorus. I am a #FOSS, #selfhosting, and #crypto enthusiast. I enjoy #scifi and #speculativefiction #books, #film, and #TV. I sometimes #blog on #openquestion.net.

#Introduction

I have a background in #physics and did my dissertation research in #computational #astrophysics before switching over mostly to #software #development in #Python on #Linux and #Swift for #iOS as the #CEO of my #startup #BinaryCoalescence.

I am a #classical #vocalist and sing with the #NashvilleSymphonyChorus. I am a #FOSS, #selfhosting, and #crypto enthusiast. I enjoy #scifi and #speculativefiction #books, #film, and #TV. I sometimes #blog on #openquestion.net.