1/2 After time to digest and work through the hype here is The Economist's take on how LLM's will impact the economy. https://
economist.com/finance-and-ec
onomics/2023/05/07/your-job-is-probably-safe-from-artificial-intelligence
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@rodneyabrooks
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Economist analysis: LLMs impact on economy and job security
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AI will change the world but won’t overturn economy
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2/2 Last paragraph starts out: "AI may change the world in ways that today are impossible to imagine. But that is not the same thing as turning the economy upside down."
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Rodney Brooks critiques article usage with AI terminology
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It irks me when "AI" is used with an article, definite or indefinite, but apart from that this is worth reading:
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Chatbots lack accuracy: Karen Weise and Cade Metz article
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Chatbots have plenty of gall when it comes to facts. Good article by Karen Weise and Cade Metz. Worth reading.
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Parked Vehicles vs Robocars: Key Behavioral Differences
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A personned vehicle stopped on Gough St is not 100% equivalent. They are subject to social shaming, they often respond to horns being blown, police can move them on. They intend to move soon. They are not waiting for rescue. The opposite of all these are true for robocars.
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Robots in Public Spaces Should Respond to Human Requests
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2/2 All robots in public spaces should be moveable by bystanders when malfunctioning, or at least respond to human verbal requests to move–human drivers are expected to do so for police and fire, and also recognize anomalies and respond to other humans.
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Cruise autonomous vehicle blocks traffic on San Francisco street
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1/2 Humanless Cruise on Gough St (major feeder for 101 South in SF) this morning, blocking 1 of 3 lanes, another blocked by construction, leaving 1 open, hazard lights flashing, dead stop. Made 100s (that I saw) morning commuters have to funnel to one lane. Thank you @Cruise
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Waymo Sunday Test Runs Without Human Drivers Observed
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Humanless. Zero people in them. I see many Waymos every day with drivers. This is a new Sunday only thing happening near my house. For the last month or so.
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Waymo driverless vehicles spotted parking near San Francisco
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Sunday morning is humanless Waymo time just down the hill from me in SF. Sometimes they park. Max # I have seen in a single gaze this morning is 3.
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SAINT Program Passed MIT Freshman Calculus Exam 1962
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And don’t forget that James Slagle’s SAINT program passed the MIT freshman calculus exam in **1962**.