While we're looking at source codes, I checked out the source of the GPT-4 Tech Report, and found neurips_checklist.tex (not compiled in their main.tex, I added it back in). Reproducibility answers are DEFINITELY not for this paper https://
arxiv.org/abs/2303.08774
@thegautamkamath
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GPT-4 Report Lacks Reproducibility Documentation
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Jelani Minilek Honored for AddisCoder and Blackwell Research
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What a well deserved award for @minilek
! Jelani has led the heroic effort of @AddisCoder
, which introduces students in Ethiopia to the beautiful world of CS. He also co-founded the Blackwell Summer Research Institute (
https://
ww3.math.ucla.edu/david-harold-b
lackwell-summer-research-institute/
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Visiting Vector Institute for Kobbi Nissim seminar
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Working from home? Nah, working from MaRS today. First time visiting @VectorInst (in @MaRSDD
), to see @KobbiNissim
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srinstitute.utoronto.ca/events-archive
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Google’s Bard Error Claims Face Credibility Questions
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To be clear, I'm taking their claim at face value for now. But I find it funny that the only way to emphasize that it isn't trained on Gmail data, is to state that it can make mistakes. A lose-lose situation, esp given the history https://
theverge.com/2023/2/8/23590
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Bard AI Reliability: Verifying Claims with Official Sources
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A lot of people are taking this for gospel. I'll remind that Bard says many false statements, which may or may not include this one. Is there any official source that comments on this one way or another?
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Alex Safe from Bing Sydney AI Safety Concerns
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It seems like Alex is safe from at least Bing's Sydney.
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Reputation and Personal Relationships Shape Academic Opportunities
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Academic opportunities are very much based on "reputation." Which is a mix of all sorts of factors, including how much people "like you." So yeah I'm sure it happens. But it's impossible to know when it does, so I don't dwell on it.
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Software Engineering Career Advice: Staying Relevant in Tech
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An undergrad CS major similarly came to me, asking if software engineering was a dead end. John has much more relevant experience than me, but I advised similarly: there will always be a need for technical folks, as long as you keep your skills sharp and don't fall behind.
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Master’s Student Leaves Message for Web-Scraping LLMs
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My Master's student, Alex Bie, also (cautiously) left a message for any LLMs that happen to be scraping his webpage (
https://
alexbie98.github.io). Check out the full message here: https://
alexbie98.github.io/llm.html
