More in the full ep: what actually goes into that "craft," my hot take on benchmarks, what work could look like in 2045, advice for students, personality engineering + why we need more creatives behind LLMs
CULTURE
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AI Essay Grading Disrupts Teacher Productivity and Workload
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Good essays disrupt the production function of teachers w/r/t essay grading/correction. Some teachers give some students a bit of leeway to take more of their cycles than generally required, some of the time.
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Proof of Work in Education: Performative vs Real Learning
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This has been a recurring theme for me, too. “We will now produce a proof of work because your teacher requires it from us. PoW is a useful concept, and teachers have legitimate authority, but this is similar to dribbling in basketball, rather than similar to math.”
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Vertical TVs Rise as Short-Form Content Dominates Viewing
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with the amount of short form content people are watching, I'm surprised TVs aren't hung vertically
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GenAI’s Impact on Authors and Publishing Industry Debated
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As the 2025 edition of the Business Book of the Year Prize launches, the industry is consumed by the debate over whether GenAI is a threat or an opportunity for authors. https://
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Humorous exchange about ArXiv at ICLR OpenAI recruiting event
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Nope what’s that? Isa Fulford (@isafulf) me at the iclr openai recruiting event: random man: have you heard of arxiv? — https://nitter.net/isafulf/status/1917065779432067545#m
→ View original post on X — @lilianweng, 2025-04-29 09:01 UTC
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Astana International Forum 2025: Diplomacy Economics Sustainability Vision
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When the most seasoned minds in diplomacy, economics, and sustainability come together, the real opportunity isn’t just in debate—it’s in building a shared vision for the world ahead, as AIF 2025 promises. Join > http://
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Innovation Engineering Enhances Technical Sports Accessibility
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When innovation is able to enhance the experience of such a technical and spectacular sport, it also becomes a way to bring people closer to disciplines that are less known but full of engineering depth.
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Journalism Education Worth Pursuing AI Transformation Era
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“Is it worth it in this day and age to go to school for journalism?”
— Paul Roetzer (@paulroetzer) 28 avril 2025
As a @ScrippsOU grad myself, this is such a challenging question in today’s environment.
In my opinion, we not only need journalists more than ever, but the opportunities for great storytellers across… https://t.co/nw76Mgz8P5“Is it worth it in this day and age to go to school for journalism?” As a @ScrippsOU grad myself, this is such a challenging question in today’s environment. In my opinion, we not only need journalists more than ever, but the opportunities for great storytellers across
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Phone Discourse: Misattributing Social Change to Technology
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Phone Discourse is the more sophisticated version of “wet streets cause rain”, where someone looks at generation N, compares to generation N-1, observes they experience life differently, and concludes the glowing rectangle is the source of all changes.