Mike Ginn (@shutupmikeginn.bsky.social)

Paul Graham: There are already a huge number of books written by (or for) people who are ambitious for fame but have nothing original to say. AI is going to multiply this number shockingly. ChatGPT is these people's dream.

Related: AI will cause an increase in the number of PhDs in fields like education, where merely writing a dissertation of the re

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When people make sweeping statements like “language models are bullshit machines” or “ChatGPT lies,” it usually tells me they’re not seriously engaged in any kind of AI/ML work or productive discourse in this space.

First, because saying a machine “lies” or “bullshits” implies motivated intent in a social context, which language models don’t have. M... See more

ChatGPT is overhyped. That's what I told myself after 2 weeks of trying (and failing) to use it well. Turns out, I was just a poor prompt writer. But after spending hundreds of hours tinkering, I've finally cracked it. And now, it's my personal writing assistant. Here's how: https://t.co/IX0QfueJF7