The data deluge exponentially increases the number of coincidental, useless statistical patterns — so the probability of useful patterns approaches zero.
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We don’t really get to see enough of HAL 9000 when he is actually a help to the space travelers, which reduces the impact of his turn.
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Bradley’s ability to “live out loud” as a Christian without proselytizing deeply shaped those around him.
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His paper, “Artificial General Intelligence Is Nowhere Near, Artificial Specific Stupidity Is Already Here,” challenges both hype and groundless fear.
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OpenAI needs to show that ChatGPT is more than just the first publicly available LLM. It has not done that and maybe never will.
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When you prompt an LLM, the entire conversation acts as a prompt driving the reply. Thus your prompt can push the LLM in unforeseen, unintended directions.
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Letting the question of who sent the monolith remain a mystery was probably a wise dramatic choice on the part of the writers.
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The greatest measure of a film’s success is the test of time. Something about this film works even though it breaks conventions.
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Chatbots aren’t necessities. Meanwhile, long-esteemed laws and rules of conduct forbade slander and libel because they can seriously harm people.
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Today’s Micro Softy tests whether you are clever enough with math to code computers or be an engineer. Here’s the story: Senator Kornn did not like Governor Friar. Both were from Texas. When Kornn learned that Governor Friar was visiting Washington, DC, Kornn said “This town’s not big enough for the both of us.” So Kornn decided to leave DC for that period. Kornn and Friar get on planes at the same time. One was at Reagan International Airport in DC and the other was at the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Airport. So each was flying to the other’s airport. Both planes took off at the same time. After a while, Kornn looked out of his first-class window and saw Read More ›
When considering a mortgage, the correct comparison is not total payments but the return on the borrowed money versus the loan’s annual percentage rate.
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Some feats of apparent intelligence point to information sources that did not likely just evolve over time among the life forms.
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AI software startups should be required to release audited numbers so that we can at least understand the current state of the AI economy.
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All these intellectual worthies choose to miss the point: No life form other than humans writes books, reviews books, or contemplates any of the issues raised.
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There seems less interest today in maintaining a “subhuman” status for our Neanderthal ancestors. It’s good if that sort of thing makes people uncomfortable.
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I personally favor modernizing the civil laws against libel and defamation to take into account the type of injuries that chatbots can inflict.
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Last week’s puzzle is easy to solve if we recall how many parents a child needs and of what type…
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Alpha School students are said to advance an average of 2.6× faster than peers on nationally normed MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) tests and frequently score in the 99th percentile.
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Despite a swamp of scandals, the focus of discussion seems to be getting the public to trust again, not reform of the system.
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New technologies enable ideas and abilities that are latent in human beings to take form. Thus claims about the evolution of consciousness are problematic.
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