We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
— Seneca in Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
— Seneca in Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium
工程上让我着迷的两种范式
自己能够改善自己 要有平台属性,如使用 C 编译器优化自己(编译器)、使用 Linux 开发 Linux。
全局能力强大,局部简单 简单的规则进行巨量的重复,如 GPT-like 模型、集成电路。
当有一个好的环境,可以聚焦于解决问题时,这会激发纯粹的解题乐趣。 感觉很微妙,非常纯粹,非常充实。
There’s lots of ways to be, as a person.
And some people express their deep appreciation in different ways.
But one of the ways that I believe people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful and put it out there.
— Steve, 2007
它会让你:
LLM 拥有近似无限的能力,本质上也是通过「指令微调」的方式「教会」了模型。 算是一种 scaling law,对于新技能的 scaling law。对于新增一个领域的业务,扩展他的成本极其低。 甚至是自动化的事情。
LLM 区别于其他 AI 技术点在于,它的 scaling 能力太强大了。 模型本身的「智力」、模型解决特定领域问题的能力等等。
它的训练方式(模型+数据)以及与世界的交互方式(文字),奠定了它的能力天花板非常非常高。
富士山的枫叶
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.
— Daniel Kahneman
卡尼曼的这个洞见很深刻。当你想一件事的时候,不自觉地会放大它。同样,那有没有可能在不想它的时候会低估呢?
控制自己在想什么,我们可能需要这种能力。因为你在想一件事,它会影响你对它的重要性的判断。
Happiness is complicated, but if you simplify it into things like a loving family, health, friendship, eight hours of sleep, well-balanced children, and being part of something bigger than yourself, you realize how limited money’s role can be.
— The art of spending money by Morgan Housel