It’s pretty cool how hallucinations emerged as a mainstream research topic due to ChatGPT’s ability to say “Sorry, I can’t answer that.” In the past (i.e., a few years ago), AI would always guess, so we would simply compute: accuracy = num_correct / num_examples. Now we are
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Episode 1: Can Machines Learn To Behave? Part
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#1: Episode 1: "Can Machines Learn To Behave?" Part 1, originally recorded on August 31, 2022 — where it all began, with @alexhanna and I giving a large, dense brick of AI hype the MST3k treatment.
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AI Reality Stranger Than Fiction: A Cause for Optimism
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The unfolding reality of AI often feels a lot stranger (and overall much more of a cause for optimism) than science fiction.
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The True Meaning of Open Source: Transparency and Hype Critique
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#2: Episode 21: The True Meaning of 'Open Source', originally recorded on November 20 2023, in which @sarahbmyers and Andreas Liesenfeld join @alexhanna and me to call out hype & call for transparency.
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Rumors of Artificial General Intelligence Greatly Exaggerated
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#3: Episode 18: Rumors of Artificial General Intelligence Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, originally recorded on October 23 2023, in which @alexhanna and I return to the show's roots and dissect another Agüera y Arcas blog post.
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Time Warp to AI’s Founding: Critical Historical Analysis
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#4: Episode 20: Let's Do the Time Warp! (to the "Founding" of "Artificial Intelligence"), originally recorded on November 6, 2023, in which @alexhanna and I go back to the OG AI hype document.
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GPT-4 System Card: Critical Analysis of AGI Claims and AI Pause
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#5: Episode 11: A GPT-4 Fan Fiction Novella, originally recorded on April 7, 2023, in which @alexhanna and I take apart the GPT-4 "system card", the "Sparks of AGI paper" and the #AIPause letter.
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Podcast releases 21 episodes featuring 13 AI guests
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We released 21 episodes in podcast form (with more to come in 2024!), featuring 13 amazing guests. Buzzsprout informs us the episodes were downloaded 32.7K times this year from a total of 117 countries! And the top 5 most downloaded episodes were:
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Podcast Launch Recap
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Stanford CS25 Transformers United V3 New Lectures Released
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[New lectures ] Transformers United – Stanford CS25 The new lectures of Transformers United class V3 have been realized(gradually). Current lectures are about foundational models and generalist agents. Lecture videos: https://
youtube.com/playlist?list=
PLoROMvodv4rNiJRchCzutFw5ItR_Z27CM
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Website: https://
web.stanford.edu/class/cs25/