I remember those days very well.
That's one reason I declined an offer from Microsoft Research when AT&T Labs was going down the drain. But nowadays, Microsoft offers a Linux subsystem on the desktop and runs Linux on Azure.
@ylecun
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Microsoft’s Strategic Shift: From Linux Resistance to Adoption
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AI Against Brainwashing: Superintelligence as Solution
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Nothing new here.
Religious and political dogmas have been brainwashing people into doing bad things for millennia. It will be much easier to stop superhuman AI from brainwashing people than it's been to stop conventional brainwashing.
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AI Safety: The Endless Game of Attack and Defense
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AI Accelerating Scientific Progress and Discovery
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The acceleration of scientific progress with the help of AI is super exciting.
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Gurley Defends Open Source AI Platforms in Interview
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Excellent interview of @bgurley in which he forcefully defend the idea of open source AI platforms.
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UK Deputy PM Backs Open Source AI Platforms
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Good news everyone: The UK Deputy Prime Minister understands the benefits of open source AI platforms.
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Spell Checker Mishap: LLM Automatically Changed to Llama
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ConvNext Architecture Comparison Across Vision Tasks
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AI: Dual-edged sword for security and protection
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If AI can help the bad guys, it can also help the good guys protect against the bad guys.
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Search Engines vs LLMs: Accuracy and Regulatory Concerns
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How long before regulators realize that search engines still produce more accurate information than LLMs?
They both use the same public data.
Search engines index it.
Llama summarizes it approximately.