sparks
So are the LLMs doomed to produce sophomoric prose forever? One theory is that this is simply a matter of prioritization. In some ways, creativity is directly at odds with AI companies’ other objectives. Generally, chatbots are trained to avoid misinformation, political bias, child-sexual-abuse material, copyright violations, and more. They are... See more
The Human Skill That Eludes AI
Commoncog • Letter to a Young Person Worrying About AI
truth
the one thing that humans can do that AIs cannot do is meaning-making.
What is meaning-making? Vaughn’s chosen definition is that meaning-making is “any decision we make about the subjective value of a thing.”
Humans make meaning all the time — in business and in life. We:
What is meaning-making? Vaughn’s chosen definition is that meaning-making is “any decision we make about the subjective value of a thing.”
Humans make meaning all the time — in business and in life. We:
- Decide that something is good or bad. For instance: “diamonds are beautiful”
How to Use AI Without Becoming Stupid
Two competing and seemingly contradicting theories concerning the skewness of the music market have emerged in the literature in recent years. These theories can be referred to as the “winner-takes-all” theory and the “long-tail” theory. The supporters of the winner-takes-all theory say that some superstars can capture a significant portion of the... See more
Simon de la Rouviere • This Essay Shouldn't Go Viral
true for everything on the internet
Bodies are Eating the World
Up from the ground comes a great swell of bodies. Running, lifting, bathing, shaking down, thinning out and waking up, bodies have taken over popular culture. Huberman is the biggest podcaster in the nation. One in eight Americans have tried GLP-1s. Seed oil discourse has created a new physical purity drive. Van der... See more
Up from the ground comes a great swell of bodies. Running, lifting, bathing, shaking down, thinning out and waking up, bodies have taken over popular culture. Huberman is the biggest podcaster in the nation. One in eight Americans have tried GLP-1s. Seed oil discourse has created a new physical purity drive. Van der... See more
Body Futurism
I have a theory about nostalgia : It happens because the best survival strategy in an uncertain world is to overworry. When you look back, you forget about all the things you worried about that never came true. So life appears better in the past because in hindsight there wasn’t as much to worry about as you were actually worrying about at the... See more