AI

Through linguistic offshoots, such as writing, we are able to practice a unique phenomenon: exbodiment , in which byproducts of our cognition can be captured, stored, shared, and passed through generations.

Tyler Cowen and Gwern have both seen it. 'But who reviews it? Is TLS going to pick it up? It doesn't matter anymore.'

t on LLMs and SQL highlighting why they don’t consistently work :

• “LLMs can write SQL, but they are often prone to making up tables, making up field”


• “LLMs have some context window which limits the amount of text they can operate over”


• “The SQL it writes may be incorrect for whatever reason, or it could be correct but just return an unexpected

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Friends without friction

Companion chatbots may weaken our ability to navigate conflict and difference—unless we make key design choices, says a new report

I’ve found that it pays to make journaling as “inconvenient” as possible. After I deleted Day One, I returned to writing in a physical journal, and that dramatically improved my mental health, critical thinking, time management, and memory. Multiple studies have shown that handwriting is better for memory retention and learning compared to typing.... See more