@TheStalwart Feels resonant with some of the work MMT thinkers were doing on language, mediation and money. Something a little stranger going on with an LLM’s relationship to energy/compute. The token (and subsequent language) becomes a referent for an energy unit rather than purchasing power
I am fascinated by the idea of using psychoanalysis on AI models to qualitatively make some headway on the interpretability problem.
https://t.co/9UMsFizDbL
It's been a bit since I've weighed in on any topic publicly, but this moment touches on a combination of subjects that I've thought and written a lot about over the years.
How to respond to AI induced employment disruption is increasingly up for grabs, with industry insiders holding up their hands.
It's been a rough go of it for the Humanities over the last 20 years. Is it finally time for Humanists to take center stage?
Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah was invited to speak at today's presentation of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica humanitas."
Read the full text of his remarks: https://t.co/CoBfkVOVcy
I mean to be fair this is also what all writing is—creative work informed by all the words and sentences we’ve read over the course of our lives.
I’d just rather read the writing of a human (because humanity is weird and interesting) than a biomimetic agent.
Trump is doing more to destroy the fossil fuel industry and smash the sources of wealth that fuel inequality than the wildest socialist eco-terrorist could ever dream of
Ok comrades. I’ve slept on it and I’m here to admit that I do have a dark food secret. But it’s not DoorDash and a credit card. It’s tinned fish hoarding. This year I’m saying no. With the help of family & friends, I’m gonna “eat these down”. One tin per week will get me there.
@drumm_colin well it is both I think. they think it is neutral but those thoughts are betrayed by their perception. so yea, maybe appear is the wrong word.