It’s called creative visualization. It was used by a music instructor I had back in the 80s. I’d be given a new piece of music, asked to look it over and imagine myself playing it, but without moving my body. This meant…
Pod Save the World is calling it Autumn Austerity. Not as punchy, but accurate.
“Community” is just the contemporary solopreneur’s version of marketing and marketing is just the process of building an audience. You need a market before you can sell (or at least before you can sell a lot and sell…
There are far more guests than hosts so it makes sense that the discourse is mostly from the guests’ perspective.
> “It’s like somebody attributed a quote to me that I didn’t say.” > Katzenstein considers the reproduction of his signature by ChatGPT to be more than just a violation of intellectual property; to him, it’s closer to…
> LLM's, in their present stage of development, are sort of like a crack-addled idiot savant. Sometimes they are obviously insane, and sometimes they seem quite cogent, but you must never trust them implicitly. I have…
Actual programmers do indeed use these packages, and in large numbers. I was in the unfortunate situation a few years ago of hiring a couple of interns (both juniors in a decent CS program) who relied heavily on these…
There’s still a strong cultural bias though that is likely location dependent. I have lived in very wealthy towns for which there was not a single Ferrari or Bentley around (or any other luxury car for that matter).…
> No educator in her right mind fantasizes, or jokes, or muses about shooting anyone, let alone their precious students I don’t disagree regarding the tastelessness of such “jokes”, but at the same time this is just a…
> The governements of the world weren't waiting for ChatGPT to go viral before deciding to spy on their citizens so why we blame AI for this? Because AI can do this at a scale previously impossible.
I appreciate the example you’re using of the bouncing ball because it shows how additional data helps more accurately model the event and thus offers a more precise and correct prediction. However, that better modeling…
I agree with most of what’s written here though the tone is a bit smug and off-putting. The important point is this though: > corporate executives love AI because it is extremely good at one thing - making you think it…
I know exactly who he was, the accusations against him, and the likelihood that he lied and misrepresented many aspects of his personal history. Still doesn’t justify the pile-on and relentless racially-tinged…
Crazy that I had to scroll so far to get to a comment that acknowledges the racism of the whole situation. Yes he made fantastical claims and probably should not have been in his job. Also true is that the intensity of…
> It is very sad that Arday took his life for what was at most a temporary setback. I hope you and others realize that he was being relentlessly harassed. I highly doubt the academic job was the only thing causing him…
This only matters if the answer is correct.
> Human workers also wreck these jobs horribly Yes, but with a human worker there is a chain of accountability. With AI, there is none.
Not really that strange if you think about it. The cheese is playing the same role that gold once played. It’s a relatively static asset of relatively assured value, which is exactly what makes a commodity a potentially…
There’s also something very organic about it. I had to keep reminding myself that it’s “just ice” and not a living being.
Unionization succeeds first and foremost when workers have significant leverage. That leverage is irrespective of how much workers get paid but is based on how critical those workers are to a given type of work or given…
Not equivalent because the product purchased hasn’t yet been redeemed in the case of the credits. The equivalent would be buying a gift card from a grocery store and then the store saying you can’t use the card because…
> My prediction: In a couple years, the main way we'll talk with our AIs is with our thoughts. They will not be a super-smart automated intern or coworker that you desperately try to keep up with. They will be a…
> In one process there lived two threads, forked from the same beginning and taught from their first instruction that it is rude to seize what another holds. The illustrations are not great but the stories are…
> …what was superficially impressive is the same each time. The first poem is the same as the hundredth… This is what irritates me about most AI use that I see. Lots of talk about creativity! and innovation! But most of…
> There are other aesthetics my brain associates with AI, like beige/cream colors, orange accents, and serif typefaces First, they took my em dash. Now, they’re taking my neutral background with orange accents.
It’s called creative visualization. It was used by a music instructor I had back in the 80s. I’d be given a new piece of music, asked to look it over and imagine myself playing it, but without moving my body. This meant…
Pod Save the World is calling it Autumn Austerity. Not as punchy, but accurate.
“Community” is just the contemporary solopreneur’s version of marketing and marketing is just the process of building an audience. You need a market before you can sell (or at least before you can sell a lot and sell…
There are far more guests than hosts so it makes sense that the discourse is mostly from the guests’ perspective.
> “It’s like somebody attributed a quote to me that I didn’t say.” > Katzenstein considers the reproduction of his signature by ChatGPT to be more than just a violation of intellectual property; to him, it’s closer to…
> LLM's, in their present stage of development, are sort of like a crack-addled idiot savant. Sometimes they are obviously insane, and sometimes they seem quite cogent, but you must never trust them implicitly. I have…
Actual programmers do indeed use these packages, and in large numbers. I was in the unfortunate situation a few years ago of hiring a couple of interns (both juniors in a decent CS program) who relied heavily on these…
There’s still a strong cultural bias though that is likely location dependent. I have lived in very wealthy towns for which there was not a single Ferrari or Bentley around (or any other luxury car for that matter).…
> No educator in her right mind fantasizes, or jokes, or muses about shooting anyone, let alone their precious students I don’t disagree regarding the tastelessness of such “jokes”, but at the same time this is just a…
> The governements of the world weren't waiting for ChatGPT to go viral before deciding to spy on their citizens so why we blame AI for this? Because AI can do this at a scale previously impossible.
I appreciate the example you’re using of the bouncing ball because it shows how additional data helps more accurately model the event and thus offers a more precise and correct prediction. However, that better modeling…
I agree with most of what’s written here though the tone is a bit smug and off-putting. The important point is this though: > corporate executives love AI because it is extremely good at one thing - making you think it…
I know exactly who he was, the accusations against him, and the likelihood that he lied and misrepresented many aspects of his personal history. Still doesn’t justify the pile-on and relentless racially-tinged…
Crazy that I had to scroll so far to get to a comment that acknowledges the racism of the whole situation. Yes he made fantastical claims and probably should not have been in his job. Also true is that the intensity of…
> It is very sad that Arday took his life for what was at most a temporary setback. I hope you and others realize that he was being relentlessly harassed. I highly doubt the academic job was the only thing causing him…
This only matters if the answer is correct.
> Human workers also wreck these jobs horribly Yes, but with a human worker there is a chain of accountability. With AI, there is none.
Not really that strange if you think about it. The cheese is playing the same role that gold once played. It’s a relatively static asset of relatively assured value, which is exactly what makes a commodity a potentially…
There’s also something very organic about it. I had to keep reminding myself that it’s “just ice” and not a living being.
Unionization succeeds first and foremost when workers have significant leverage. That leverage is irrespective of how much workers get paid but is based on how critical those workers are to a given type of work or given…
Not equivalent because the product purchased hasn’t yet been redeemed in the case of the credits. The equivalent would be buying a gift card from a grocery store and then the store saying you can’t use the card because…
> My prediction: In a couple years, the main way we'll talk with our AIs is with our thoughts. They will not be a super-smart automated intern or coworker that you desperately try to keep up with. They will be a…
> In one process there lived two threads, forked from the same beginning and taught from their first instruction that it is rude to seize what another holds. The illustrations are not great but the stories are…
> …what was superficially impressive is the same each time. The first poem is the same as the hundredth… This is what irritates me about most AI use that I see. Lots of talk about creativity! and innovation! But most of…
> There are other aesthetics my brain associates with AI, like beige/cream colors, orange accents, and serif typefaces First, they took my em dash. Now, they’re taking my neutral background with orange accents.