sparks

I met some of my heroes and some of them sucked; I attended events that were hollow and demented but looked fun online; I eventually realized the best parts of my life weren’t exclusive whatsoever but run-of-the-mill: a result not of being elevated above my peers (on a stage, say) but thrust among them (in the crowd). In time I came to see these... See more

Few things shock me like my own forgetfulness.

“So preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.” While

A lot of people believe they’re “principled” when they’re actually just rigid. And the rigidity is making them boring as fuck .

And I don’t mean boring in the harmless way, like “prefers routine” or “goes to bed early” boring. I mean boring in the spiritually stale way, where talking to them feels like interacting with a pull-string doll from the... See more

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