www.programmablemutter.com/p/look-at-sc... What OpenAI shares with Scientology. Strange beliefs, fights over money, and some very bad science fiction.
Strange beliefs, fights over money and bad science fiction
Between FTX and OpenAI, effective altruism is not having a good year from the perspective of showcasing strong leadership processes and good governance. Which I think actually is a relevant critique for a movement predicated on the pursuit of superior procedural rationality wrt both of these.
Wait what? What new level of corporate dysfunction is this?
Could any animal be more metal? If they wanted to deter them, some soft dentist office jazz would have been a better attempt.
A crew tried to deter orcas from attacking their boat by blasting heavy metal music underwater. It didn't work. The orcas pummeled the boat's rudder, making it impossible to steer
Blasting underwater tunes to try and keep killer whales away is a bad idea for multiple reasons, a researcher says.
awesome article that explains transformers for non-technical folks. and yes, everyone I know has received this link. it's that great. ig.ft.com/generative-ai/
The technology has resulted in a host of cutting-edge AI applications ā but its real power lies beyond text generation
This sentiment travels well across much of the social sciences as well, unfortunately. Incrementalism isnāt bad at all; but it becomes problematic when it crowds out the novel.
a database of datasets ā¬ļø been working for awhile on pulling together economic datasets for econ & policy students b/c there is *so* much publicly available data sharing it for anyone who finds it useful pls suggest additions; work in progress lenorepalladino.notion.site/Economic-and...
I need help with a reference. I swear I once read something by Turing that described the construction of a learning robot exploring the world as a description of an (unsupervised) way to build an artificial mind. But I canāt seem to find it. Does anyone know? Did I dream this? #neuroskyence#cogsci
The idea that there is a canonical computation is just really, really hard to square with the cellular and architectural diversity of the brain. Itās complex. Itās more complex than we even imagined. And that is saying something.