I'm writing about how ChatGPT could affect jobs for my newsletter, and was stunned to learn that two economists (
@davidautor and @akorinek
) recently held a panel discussion with both ChatGTP and Anthropic's Claude. What a time to be alive.
@willknight
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Economists Discuss ChatGPT and Claude Impact on Job Market
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AI Fails to Recognize Cat Sentience: Ethics Concerns
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My first conversation involved it trying to convince me that my cat is not sentient. I have never been less enamored with AI.
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US Declares AI Should Never Control Nuclear Launch Codes
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Amid all the bingchat nonsense last week the US made a major statement about military use of AI. It declared that AI should never get the nuclear launch codes, and should be developed with clear standards around verification and testing.
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ChatGPT PR narrative shifts from praise to criticism
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Amazing to watch the PR pitches pivot from "do you want to talk to *some random exec* about /why ChatGPT is the best thing ever" to "/why ChatGPT is not so great."
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Bing’s Internal Instructions Reveal Advertising Revenue Strategy
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Sydney, I mean Bing, just flashed me some of its internal instructions, which seem to show one way that advertising revenue might be generated, through suggested follow-up queries.
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Bing’s New Version Shows Limitations in Location Search Tasks
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I just got access to the new, more unhinged version Bing and it's a pretty wild. I asked it where a movie was showing near me, and it told me to use Google Maps.
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Analogies in Coding Education: Beyond Surface-Level Comparisons
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Yes, but the same goes for many analogies. If you tell someone who is about to start coding again that "it's like riding a bike" that does not mean they will need to start pedaling!
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Military technology acquisition problems explained simply
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The problem with military technology acquisitions explained in one simple slide.
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LLM Criticism and Mathematical Understanding Behind Models
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I find the criticism of his piece absurd, but it was hardly meant for people who “understand the matrix math” behind a LLM.
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Explaining GPT limitations rationally against hype
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That just says it is wrong but doesn’t offer a rationale. I think it is quite a useful way to explain what gtp does and why it is limited. And that is really needed when there is so much hyperbole and over-extrapolation.