AI LLM hallucinations come from a deep design feature (no propositional knowledge, just associations) and remain a problem years after they burst onto the scene.
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New pod: The rise of "dopamine culture" and the decline of pop culture in America
First, I discuss the Ted Gioa's argument that pop culture is being turned into a virtual casino of the mind that is better at producing reward-seeking behavior than quality art.
Then, I talk to @skornhaber about his long Atlantic essay "Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?" and what he identified as the four horsemen of the pop culture apocalypse
1. Stagnation: the economics of pop culture nostalgia, the staggering challenges of making big original movies, and the algorithmic and private-equity dynamics elevating old music over new music
2. Cynicism: how an obsession with identity has flattened creativity in the visual arts and beyond
3. Isolation: e.g., bands and bars slowly being replaced by music that people make alone in their rooms with computers for an audience of ... people listening alone in their rooms with computers
4. Attention rot: it's not easy aiming for quality in a world where ppl are losing the capacity to pay attention to anything for more than a few seconds
Finally, I ask: If every decade is inevitably considered a golden age of something in culture ... what will the 2020s be known as the golden age of?
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A terrific piece and a big question from @DKThomp. Why is it getting so much harder for recent college grads to find work? Here are three hypotheses, one of which would be the start of a huge shift.
1. I didn't. I am not Jeffrey Goldberg.
2. Jeffrey Goldberg didn't publish state secrets. In fact the administration says there was no classified material in the chat
3. Jeffrey Goldberg (again, not me) says there was. And that's why he withheld them from publication.
4. So you in fact agree with Jeffrey Goldberg that the administration is lying.
5. That's kind of funny, too.
Available until April 1: A Better Life, a beautiful coffee-table book featuring atheists and humanists (including me and Rebecca Goldstein @platobooktour ) speaking about what gives life meaning. https://t.co/FkLFAIoXOp
@ColinG_1@TPointUK@clairebubblepop How bout this, we go band for band. You post a Ukrainian terrorist and ill post a Palestinian one. Whoever runs out first loses.