I have yet to be given an example of something a “general” intelligence would be able to do that an LLM can’t do.

Presenting…

Something a general intelligence can do that an LLM can’t do:

Play chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTs_nbc8Eg

Why can’t it play it? Because LLM’s don’t have memory, so they can’t work with logic. They are the same as the little “next word predictor” in your phone’s keyboard. It just says what it thinks is the most probable next word based on previous words, it’s not actually thinking or understanding anything. So instead, we get moves that don’t make sense or are completely invalid.

Did you purge and update your filters?

Note: I’m not talking about turning filters off then back on, I’m talking about updating the version of each filter itself.

“the means” in this case would be authoritarian repression.

“The means” always has to be something bad for the “ends” to try and justify reaching for “the means”.

• 50% of web developers: Chaotic Neutral
• Salespeople: Lawful Neutral
• Programmers (and the other 50% of web developers): Unaligned, we know how to use shortcuts.

Also, you can buy Tic Tacs from any newsagent or gas station.

It depends what you need your configuration file to be:

Need a well defined easy to understand concrete configuration file?

• Use .toml. It was made to be both human and computer friendly while taking special attention to avoid the pitfalls commonly found in other configuration files by explicitly stating expected types around commonly confused areas.

Need a simple to implement configuration file?

• Use .json. It’s famous for being so simple it’s creator “discoverer” could define it on a business card.

Need an abstract configuration file for more complicated setups?

• Use .ncl. Nickle allows you to define functions so that you can generate/compute the correct configuration by changing a few variables/flags.

What about OkLCH?

E2E:

As far as I understand, Google wants to treat RCS similar to how it treats web:

1. Have a standard
2. experiment with some extensions
3. learn what works and what doesn’t
4. build what works into the standard
5. repeat

In that case, e2e encryption is coming to RCS.

I know Samsung is also experimenting with e2e encryption too.

Other:

iMessage itself also has more features than RCS. Built in e2ee would be a big one, and aome other more vain ones.

What other notable features (besides e2e which is discussed above) does iMessage have?

[…] Signal or even WhatsApp would still be superior.

(Besides e2e,) What features to Signal and/or WhatsApp provide?

You’re both right and wrong.

Right:

1. Google does have a management problem that incentivizes creating new messenger apps instead of supporting existing services, this has nothing to do with RCS though.
2. Google is trolling Apple.

Wrong:

1. RCS is not a downgrade to Apple’s proprietary protocol (unless you consider sending a laser show screen overlay animation as a specific feature, and not an easter egg)
2. Everyone inside only Apple or only RCS has the same features (message reactions, high quality media, x is typing, seen timestamps, etc…)
3. RCS is open, Apple’s protocols are proprietary. No one but Apple can access their own proprietary protocols. Apple could support RCS if they wanted to. Apple is entirely responsible for the friction between their own protocol and RCS.

Prediction:

Apple will continue trying to control their own bubble to force people to purchase iPhones as long as possible. They will attempt to stall any EU regulations on standardized messaging with deceptive rebuttable that will take politicians time to realise that they hold no real weight. Eventually those arguments will be pulled apart and Apple will be forced to include a future RCS version as a supported fallback. (just like how the EU is forcing apple to allow third-party app stores, and USB-C connections)

I’m on Android, I can see both direct message reactions, ... when people are typing, and see when people have seen my message.

This is all a part of the text message standard that every modern phone follows.

Apple are the only major company that don’t follow the RCS standard.

Bird’s don’t eat worms, they charge off secret buried worm-textured USB cables.

The CommunityFactory is coming next week, and the CommunityFactoryFactory the following week :p