Its pretty funny that the Turing Test used to be a very big deal a couple years ago & now it isn't. (I know retrospectively we all know how flawed it was, but for decades it was The Test, and the only way to beat it was through limited interaction & trickery, eg Eugene Goostman)
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LLMs Bridge Math and Coding Cultures in Education
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The Math Olympiad is great, coding is important, accelerating science has tremendous value. But LLMs give a chance for both cultures to contribute in ways that have not been possible for a long time.
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AI generative systems democratize creative production across modalities
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These are systems that respond to human writing and (often) techniques that apply to human psychology. Everyone now has a machine that makes words, images, video, sound where the limit is often your own ability to imagine something new (or invoke old ideas others do not know).
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Liberal Arts Approach to AI Mastery Better Than STEM
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Don't leave AI to the STEM folks. They are often far worse at getting AI to do stuff than those with a liberal arts or social science bent. LLMs are built from the vast corpus human expression, and knowing the history & obscure corners of human works lets you do far more with AI
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NVIDIA Robotics Director Warns Against Overestimating AI Progress
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From the Director of Robotics at NVIDIA. The very rapid (if uneven) advance of LLMs may lead people to expect too much, too soon from robotics.
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AI Achieves Unlikely Goal Without Tools in Hard Test
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There are always a flood of posts about what AI can or cannot do, so it is worth pausing and paying attention to this one. It is a very hard test, done without tools. It was also viewed as an unlikely goal. Prediction markets had the chance of this happening this year as 20%
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Veo 3 generates video games as community theater productions
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" as a community theater production" may be one of the most delightful Veo 3 Fast prompts
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) 19 juillet 2025
Please enjoy, in order: GTA, Pokemon, Mario Kart, The Witcher 3, Stardew Valley, Tetris, Mortal Kombat, The Sims, & Death Stranding(!)
Yes, the whole prompt was the one above. pic.twitter.com/ylG8vbznZj" as a community theater production" may be one of the most delightful Veo 3 Fast prompts Please enjoy, in order: GTA, Pokemon, Mario Kart, The Witcher 3, Stardew Valley, Tetris, Mortal Kombat, The Sims, & Death Stranding(!) Yes, the whole prompt was the one above.
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Fast Vibes vs Rigorous Proof in AI Development
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Vibes are fast (but not always right), proving something takes a lot longer!
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Persuasion techniques tested on GPT-4o model
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I didn't realize that Bob had an X account: @RobertCialdini And we did test GPT-4o as well and found that persuasion worked for that model as well, when there weren't floor or ceiling effects.
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Social Scientists’ Role in AI Research and Development
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"Parahuman" responses suggest a role for social scientists in working with AI. I was lucky to work with a stellar group of researchers: @LennartMeincke
, @danshapiro
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, Lilach Mollick, & Bob Cialdini Paper: https://
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf
m?abstract_id=5357179
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