The tragedy that desire is a bad gradient estimator for joy
kipperrii · x · 2026-09-15
An AI-nerd joke: 'one of the tragedies of the human condition is that desire is not a very good gradient estimator for joy.' The reply: 'but it's a really fun gradient estimator.'
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