Google's AI search summary results page is going to feature ads. Because it's Google, that's why. I think they're lost and don't know what to do now that everyone has access to AI.
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Well, I wouldn't go this far in characterizing Sam Altman, but the "Sky voice" incident is telling. This shows you the moral framework of the guy who is directing much of the effort of LLM artificial intelligence now, and this is how he makes decisions. If you get in the way of his objectives, he will go around you. Is this a factor in why his safety team quit in droves?
Update (22 May 2024):
Others are noticing that Sam Altman is turning out to be not a very believable guy.
Memory is so difficult to figure out, and there are so many theories as to how it operates. Now, a researcher feels that "sharp wave electric ripples" help consolidate memories and tag which ones are important for storage. Speculation, of course, but an intriguing theory.
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Which countries have the happiest people? Here is the table, compiled by the World Happiness Report. Countries in northern Europe are the happiest, no surprise. They can have nice things. War-torn and poor countries in Africa make up the bottom. It's interesting that the wealthy Asian countries fall in the middle. They can have nice things, too, but somehow that's not enough to make them happy.
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Speaking of not having nice things, thieves are stealing the cables of EV chargers for their copper. It just so happens the copper prices are hitting record levels. And in Biden's economy, people are doing what they have to do to survive.
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Canada legalized cannabis, so now hospitalizations for seniors for cannabis intoxication have tripled. This ain't your grandpa's cannabis, you know.
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Why Portlanders are moving to Clark County. The reasons are obvious. DA Mike Schmidt and Ted Wheeler, you have no power here.
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When should Oregon be able to block medical mergers? Ordinarily, I would say that the state should stay out of this. Although nationwide the number of physicians employed by hospitals or hospital systems is only 41%, there is also private equity, which wasn't included. I think the number is higher in the Portland area, which is really too bad. Should OHSU merge with Legacy? Will Legacy survive without it?
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Here's a nice story about the work of Vietnamese emigré, Bùi Tường Phong and Pixar's Toy Story. He created the Phong shading and reflection algorithms. The only thing is that his last name is Bùi because he apparently said so. Phong is actually his middle name.
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The French created a stamp to celebrate the baguette, and if you scratch it, you can smell the scent of baguettes.
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Daylight Saving Time changes encourage you to stop the healthy routines you struggled to develop. We really need to ditch DST.
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What do they have in common? Childhoods of exceptional people. Some of them anyway. Many of them were homeschooled or privately tutored. You can't beat one on one teaching.
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University asks students to develop AI that is trained on their material. Students develop this. Then the University suspends them because the AI encourages cheating. Crazy.
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Negativity bias. When you only remember the negative things, especially when they concern you. So true.
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