Are you f*cking kidding me? Grammarly is like the best one!

You are defective. But, fear not! So is the rest of humanity!

If the people developing and supporting chat- and c0rn-bots are anxious about the future, that is the correct emotion to be feeling.

Programming used to prevent this by separating code from data. AI (currently) has no such safeguards.

Reality doesn't have a distinction between "code" and "data"; those are categories of convenience, and don't even have a proper definition (what is code and what is data depends on who's asking and why). Any such distinction requires mechanically enforcing it; AI won't have it, because it's not natural, and adding it destroys generality of the model.

OK, then sequence your DNA and send it to me. I will make sure to use it as code!

Haha. But DNA is a very good example of what I'm talking about. It's both "code" and "data" at the same time - or rather, a perfect demonstration that these concepts don't exist in nature.

Yes, but for me to use your DNA as code would be a major malfunction!

I get the joke, but it's also an incredibly interesting topic to ponder. Remember "Reflections on Trusting Trust"? Now consider that DNA itself needs a complex biomolecular machine to "compile" it into cells and organisms, and that this also embeds in them copies of the "compiler" itself. This raises the question of whether, and how much, information needed to build the organism is not explicitly encoded anywhere in the DNA itself, and instead accumulates in the replication mechanism and gets carried over implicitly.

So for you to successfully use my DNA as code, without also borrowing the compiler from my body, would be a major scientific result, shining light on the questions outlined above.

So in short: I'm happy to contribute my DNA if you cite me as co-author on the resulting paper :P.

Yes. I call it, “Talking In Real Life” (TM).

Email Is mostly for work, government paperwork, and other professional setups even if we meet in person.

Squares are preferred because that is the same as minimizing Euclidean Distance, which is defined as sqrt((x2-x1)^2).

sqrt((x2-x1)^2) == x2-x1

I think you meant sqrt(x^2+y^2)

This is probably obvious, but there is another form of regression that uses Mean Absolute Error rather than Squared Error as this approach is less prone to outliers. The Math isn’t as elegant, tho.

I am getting really sick of wading through the 90% sh*t (e.g., this) to get to the 10% gold on this website, especially since I have not profited one bit from coming here lol

As I age, I find myself wanting more and more software and pieces of equipment that last for ages.

To answer your question, I still have a functional watch from 14 years ago.

watches age well

Which dictators are "in fashion" depends wholly on which party is in POWER. Polarization means that, perhaps, the dictator of Belarus can be kidnapped and arraigned by the incoming Democrat?