> we ask them to stop testing advanced mathematical problems on proprietary models.
Maybe I'm alone on this, but for some reason these sorts of requests strike me as akin to gatekeeping how someone should breathe air. It's math... the numbers and symbols are just out there in the platonic realm available for anyone to do as they like with them. It's patently absurd to request other people to stop.
Ensuring credit where credit is due? That's fine. If your model incorporates the efforts of many others, then it's reasonable to request acknowledgement of everyone who contributed (even indirectly). But that's not what the request states — presumably their ask subsumes any advanced ML model, including those that weren't trained on a giant corpus of text.
> gatekeeping how someone should breathe air. It's math... the numbers and symbols are just out there in the platonic realm available for anyone to do as they like with them. It's patently absurd to request other people to stop.
The chemical compounds of all kinds are also out there, available for anyone to do as they like with them. Say, mixing ammonium chlorate with peroxide, why not? Or potassium permanganate with powdered aluminum. It's patently absurd to request other people to stop.
> The chemical compounds of all kinds are also out there,
1. Lol but they're literally not
2. A sample of chemical compound and a piece of math don't share literally any ontological qualities - you might as well have tried to make a comparison between math and nude pictures of the President
> you might as well have tried to make a comparison between math and nude pictures of the President.
The latter is but a very large number, interpreted in a particular way. Have you heard of "illegal numbers"? Yeah, apparently they exist. That damn state, treading on literally everything that humans might do as if it's any of its business.
throwaway713 · · focus · HN ↗
Maybe I'm alone on this, but for some reason these sorts of requests strike me as akin to gatekeeping how someone should breathe air. It's math... the numbers and symbols are just out there in the platonic realm available for anyone to do as they like with them. It's patently absurd to request other people to stop.
Ensuring credit where credit is due? That's fine. If your model incorporates the efforts of many others, then it's reasonable to request acknowledgement of everyone who contributed (even indirectly). But that's not what the request states — presumably their ask subsumes any advanced ML model, including those that weren't trained on a giant corpus of text.
Joker_vD · · focus · HN ↗
The chemical compounds of all kinds are also out there, available for anyone to do as they like with them. Say, mixing ammonium chlorate with peroxide, why not? Or potassium permanganate with powdered aluminum. It's patently absurd to request other people to stop.
pfisch · · focus · HN ↗
Mix together whatever you want, and then you can fight the feds when they show up to enforce their monopoly.
mathisfun123 · · focus · HN ↗
1. Lol but they're literally not
2. A sample of chemical compound and a piece of math don't share literally any ontological qualities - you might as well have tried to make a comparison between math and nude pictures of the President
Joker_vD · · focus · HN ↗
> you might as well have tried to make a comparison between math and nude pictures of the President.
The latter is but a very large number, interpreted in a particular way. Have you heard of "illegal numbers"? Yeah, apparently they exist. That damn state, treading on literally everything that humans might do as if it's any of its business.
bananaflag · · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number