William Wolf

wearer of many hats: founder of (acq. @airtable), pm @twitter, vis @fivethirtyeight, cs @uwcse, research @uwdata, and more

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@OfekLavian such important work!

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@heinenbros @generalcatalyst congrats!

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@benspringwater beautiful

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@steijnpelle super cool!

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@zswang24 @OpenAI also "100% said it helps them take on more work than they otherwise could" is kind of a depressing stat when stated like that. probably nicer to say that tasks (they don't like doing) take less time, giving them more time other things (they do like).

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@zswang24 @OpenAI just to hedge: there is always room for improvement, and it's plain to anyone who works in data that this exciting progress, but there is still a long way to go...

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@mvanhorn @hthieblot what is this...

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@sh_reya cool to see! strongly agree https://t.co/bY2zVh5tBU

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Just once, I wish AI would ask a clarifying question. Like "How do you define revenue?"

Data is often ambiguous, and AIs LOVE making assumptions. These demos always built on top of data that is neat in a way that isn't reflective of the real world. Ironic because AI is actually great for cleaning/reasoning. Demo that!

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@eglyman delightful video

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@nikillinit i've had this problem in nyc of course, but do most people have this issue? I feel like most people fill at the same pharmacy by their home

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@th3nolo @rauchg considering that few spoken languages have "XOR", there is still plenty of cases of ambiguity!

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I have done a ton of prompting and evals trying to get it to ask questions. I did have to build my own harness that gave it no other options, but that isn't really helpful in practice. Claude et al need to respect a prompt such as "when encountering ambiguity, seek clarification from the user" or something. They don't. They're far too bench-maxxed

[William Wolf @willium]

Just once, I wish AI would ask a clarifying question. Like "How do you define revenue?"

Data is often ambiguous, and AIs LOVE making assumptions. These demos always built on top of data that is neat in a way that isn't reflective of the real world. Ironic because AI is actually great for cleaning/reasoning. Demo that!

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Translate data into answers.

The data analytics plugin for Codex.

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@WarnerTeddy very tempting!

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@rabois @Afinetheorem As an aside: interesting that 6 of the top 8 are Jewish, despite VC not being a particularly Jewish-dense world. Famously WASPy.

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@natashatenggoro @simile_ai awesome!

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@TheRohanVarma cool!