Why “level” is being discussed
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The ancestor is not Braitenberg. It's Grey Walter's turtles. In 1948, W. Grey Walter built two simple robots that could sense light and touch.[1] Much complex behavior emerged.…
by Animats · Oct 31, 2026
The question should really be the other way around - LLMs are just computer programs, and in general, computer programs are theoretically deterministic. Given the same inputs an…
by antonvs · Oct 31, 2026
> the Linux desktop and the ambition level hasn't really changed much in 25 years I find that totally wrong. Look at niri - I can imagine MS and Apple will introduce scrollable…
by I_am_tiberius · Oct 31, 2026
Great article :D The rabbithole actually goes even deeper because buffering on the read side is almost always good, but reads are often way more latency-sensitive than writes. W…
by Pannoniae · Oct 31, 2026
This looks like full blown criminal negligence on Microsoft's part. Charges should be filed. But that's a fantasy. No one will face any consequences whatsoever. Retraining staff…
by 999900000999 · Oct 31, 2026
I agree. But I do have to admit that at least in the narrow scope of high level security compromises I draw a blank when it comes to apple. If I missed a headline of apple getti…
by theK · Oct 31, 2026
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