You're not wrong. There's been a lot of drama over licensing and releasing datasets, and a lot of the LLM scene are just pitchmen and promoters with no better grasp over what they're doing than "trust me, it's better".
Like with "prompt engineering", a lot of people are just hiding how much of the heavy lifting is from base models and a fluke of the merge. The past few "secret" set leaks were low/no delta diffs to common releases.
I said it a year ago, but if we want to wowed, make this a job for MLIS holders and references librarians. Without thorough, thoughtful curation, these things are just toys in the wrong hands.
Terraforming is a great idea , but maybe before we try to control the entire atmosphere on another planet , how bout we start small with .. idk reversing the stopping and reversing last 50 years of atmospheric changes on our planet
as others have pointed out question poster wanted to know the difference , and the top answer on SO was detailed enough to explain.
there was nothing condescending about at-least the top few answers ( i didnt go through all of them) and ironically by being snarky here , you are being the very thing you accuse SO of
I hadn't heard of the word either but I sure do have the condition! I was a triathlete at one point, but I would take a very large swing around the marker buoys just in case one might touch me... and the grandparents comment of "big spooky tubes" sent a surge of adrenaline through my body. I feel so seen:)
I also have megalophobia specifically related to ducting and that picture set of my panic response. I hadn’t really thought too much of it, but I wonder if Thr Empire Strikes Back is to blame.
likewise, learning to sail as a kid and having to go around these large partially submerged objects just kicked off some irrational fear in me (and stil does today, though to a lesser degree).
I don't suppose that too many people are terrified of these things, but many (including me) find them mildly unsettling. I imagine trypophobia is similar in that sense.
I agree with you, that would be the exact word I would've used to describe it. Also, since I was a child, I've been scared of pool drains for the treatment system.
Submechanophobia has a wikipedia page, which also indicates that there is some scientific research into this phobia (which does not have a good explanation). So it's not a one-person problem.
I have a theory that this, like fear of heights, claustrophobia, agoraphobia etc. are actually "extremely natural" because they're all good for survival ie. instincts unlearned somehow culturally, but would be the baseline if you teleported a Palaeolithic, Sumerian, Viking or whatever into our modern complex and somewhat claustrophobic technological life.
