Month: March 2023
March 27, 2023
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Society’s Technical Debt and Software’s Gutenberg Moment
“Abstract There is immense hyperbole about recent developments in artificial intelligence, especially Large Language Models like ChatGPT. And there is also…”
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Existential risk, AI, and the inevitable turn in human history – Marginal REVOLUTION
“In several of my books and many of my talks, I take great care to spell out just how special recent times have been, for most Americans at least. For my entire…”
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Thinking About AI: Part 2 – Structural Risks
“Yesterday I wrote a post on where we are with artificial intelligence by providing some history and foundational ideas around neural network size. Today I want…”
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“I am unable to visualize. When I close my eyes and try to imagine something, nothing swims into my mind’s eye. If you tell me to “picture” someone I love, I’ll…”
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Apple’s Best Hope for New Headset: a Smartwatch-Like Trajectory
“Apple’s push into mixed reality will take years to pay off, with the company hoping the device follows the same trajectory as its smartwatch. Also: My podcast…”
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Social sponges: Gendered brain development comes from society, not biology
“Why, in nations that purport to be gender-equal, are women still under-represented in science? Cognitive neuroscientist Gina Rippon offers some insights based…”
March 26, 2023
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The internet is not ours anymore
“The internet once belonged to cats. It was that weird period in the late nineties when everyone who was online seemed to be posting cat pictures (believe it or…”
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Strife at eLife: inside a journal’s quest to upend science publishing
“NEWS FEATURE 17 March 2023 Strife at eLife : inside a journal’s quest to upend science publishing Editors threaten to resign over ‘no-reject’ model that others…”
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Enabling privacy on the Internet with Oblivious HTTP
“Internet users are increasingly concerned about who collects their personal information, and how it might be used to paint a picture of their online (or real…”
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How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain | Quanta Magazine
“neuroscience How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain February 28, 2023 Feelings of loneliness prompt changes in the brain that further isolate people from social…”
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“Bill Gates In my lifetime, I’ve seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary. The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a…”
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ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world
“A demo video of ChatGPT plugins from OpenAI. While OpenAI calls the plugin selection process a “plugin store,” the company has not announced plans to sell…”
March 25, 2023
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ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”!
“To enable the functionality described here, select and install the Wolfram plugin from within ChatGPT. Note that this capability is so far available only to…”
March 21, 2023
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Forget Utopia. Ignore Dystopia. Embrace Protopia!
“The Bright Side Some proponents of protopian thinking believe that it can lead us to a better future. Others maintain we’re already living in a protopia. Send…”
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“Critic’s Notebook A.O. Scott conducts his own exit interview as he moves to a new post after more than two decades of reviewing films. Send any friend a story…”
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Kids Deserve a New Gender Paradigm | The Walrus
“T oronto parent Tessa Yang is raising Elia, who is best described as a gender-fluid child. (Pseudonyms have been used for both to protect their privacy.) Gender…”
March 1, 2023
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“In a race towards the post-reality era, TikTok are leading the way. Image filters are now at a stage where they trigger visceral emotions and have a very real…”