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Considering how I at least skim pretty much every single one of Zvi’s (very long!) posts, I don’t link to him enough. Here’s a great and not-as-long summary of where your thinking fits in the current moment around AI. Worth it just for the self-
I’m so grateful Brian Phillips wrote this article. There have been moments recently that I’ve avoided em dashes knowing how people fixate on them as proof of AI slop. But they’re just so useful and deserve rescue from the ire of the internet brigade. It would be
My home state, Utah, is packed with law-breakers, scofflaws. They do it with impunity, on a daily basis. To make matters worse, law enforcement is complicit. It’s illegal to drive faster than the speed limit. Utah takes this very seriously; the penalty is not trivial. Anywhere from just
I was talking to my mother-in-law this week about how she downloaded ChatGPT to her phone two weeks ago. It’s her first experience with an LLM. We talked about all the ways she’s started using it, but also the common things that people misunderstand about how
I'd looked forward to spending more time with Anthropic's Fable model today, but alas the government had other plans. As usual, Zvi has the most thoughtful, thorough commentary on things. I am however taking the position that the implementation method chosen by the government, with no
All thoughtful and nuanced perspectives. Speculative at times, but for smart reasons you might not have considered before; at least that was the case for me.
The third of a series by Alexander Kustov on AI attitudes among academics. I found the entire series to be quite persuasive. I suspect before long that AI use in academic writing will be common as long as its use is disclosed. But the idea that AI use in research
Language itself is why LLMs are a big deal
As predicted, Anthropic has the obviously superior legal argument and Judge Lin has granted a preliminary injunction shutting down (for now) the Government's actions agains the company. Here's an excellent and detailed overview from Zvi Mowshowitz. Quoting Zvi, who's quoting the judge: At bottom,
Hands down, the current best platform for learning about AI is Youtube. The challenge is finding the channels that have substance to them rather than promising how to vibecode your way to a six-figure side hustle. I just put this list together for my students, and thought that it
I don't see our choice as "AI or no AI" any more than past generations could halt the spread of the printing press — that widely decried threat to scholarship. Children born today will never know a world without AI. The majority of U.S. teens already
What if software doesn't have to be take-it-or-leave-it?