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But there's just something about the immediacy and interactivity of Claude's "Artifacts" window, combined with the model's less stilted tone that brings it home.
For the most avarege users, these seemingly minor difference matter so much more than raw performance on abstract LLM benchmarks.
For the most avarege users, these seemingly minor difference matter so much more than raw performance on abstract LLM benchmarks.
Ethan Mollick • Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold
Bestselling children's author Andy Stanton is known for his unconventional, absurdist stories. Skeptical that ChatGPT can mimic human creativity, he gives it a prompt about a blue whale with a tiny penis to test its capabilities. What follows is a surprising battle between Andy and ChatGPT to understand AI's limits. Andy presents the AI's narrative and his commentary in a metafictional journey exploring storytelling. The book provides a hopeful and hilarious meditation on AI, literature and human creativity, exploring whether AI can truly replace authors or match human spontaneity
It seems to me that Don believed deep down that our worlds were worth decorating, and that doing so was a joyful act. “The people who use lawn ornaments are typically friendly because they’re decorating the outside of their house for someone else,” he once told an interviewer.
Bailey Richardson • Donald Featherstone
Books I want to remember and The Opposite of Lonliness
Priya Parker Gatherings.
I struggle to recall the name Encounterism.
Lonelines
“The point of books is to combat loneliness” — David Foster Wallace
Remembering Susan Buffett I Charlie Rose
youtube.comWay Out There is an account of J. Robert Harris’s extraordinary exploits while backpacking in some of the world’s most tantalizing places―largely alone and unsupported. And after almost fifty years of wilderness travel, “J. R.,” as he’s known, has plenty of tales to tell! His stories are by turns funny, tragic, and uplifting, and are all told in... See more
Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker
We support Bengio’s call for principles-based legislation and international agreements, an approach in line with UK regulatory philosophy and one that is well suited to the current uncertainty of AI development. Unlike the rules-based systems favoured in the US, China and much of the EU, this governance model focuses on outcomes rather than... See more