Mentat – an open source, GPT-4 powered coding assistant (twitter.com) 12 points by whit537 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] Rhapso 3y ago ↗ There is some deep irony in naming an AI "mentat" [–] biobootloader 3y ago ↗ the idea is that mentats in dune combine human and computer skills to assist othersbut yeah it is funny [–] Rhapso 3y ago ↗ Just remember, mentats exist bc the dune universe found the dangers of AI so universal and obvious they never made anything more complicated than a single-write microcontroller and used analog circuits for basically everything. [–] ecf 3y ago ↗ I first thought of mentats from fallout, which is a highly addictive drug that temporarily increases memory and intelligence. [–] Rhapso 3y ago ↗ Same reference: https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Mentats#Behind_the_scenes
[–] biobootloader 3y ago ↗ the idea is that mentats in dune combine human and computer skills to assist othersbut yeah it is funny [–] Rhapso 3y ago ↗ Just remember, mentats exist bc the dune universe found the dangers of AI so universal and obvious they never made anything more complicated than a single-write microcontroller and used analog circuits for basically everything.
[–] Rhapso 3y ago ↗ Just remember, mentats exist bc the dune universe found the dangers of AI so universal and obvious they never made anything more complicated than a single-write microcontroller and used analog circuits for basically everything.
[–] ecf 3y ago ↗ I first thought of mentats from fallout, which is a highly addictive drug that temporarily increases memory and intelligence. [–] Rhapso 3y ago ↗ Same reference: https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Mentats#Behind_the_scenes
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 27.4 ms ] threadbut yeah it is funny