Toots from 2023-05-21#
Yep - it also does not judge, is patient, is respectful, occasionally wrong, and does not provide…#
Yep - it also does not judge, is patient, is respectful, occasionally wrong, and does not provide unsolicited feedback about your performance relative to an imaginary person.
“I think one of the most exciting applications of large language models is to support self-guided learning. Used the right way, a language model such as GPT-3 can act as a sort of super-smart-and-super-dumb teaching assistant: you can ask it questions and follow-up questions…”
https://simonwillison.net/2022/Dec/5/rust-chatgpt-copilot/
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“This tipping point, where becoming busier (increased utilization) helps only to a certain poin…#
“This tipping point, where becoming busier (increased utilization) helps only to a certain point and then makes things worse, can be found in any queueing system from a highway to a call centre to a development team.
If we were infinitely busy, nothing would get done.”
https://improvingflow.com/2023/05/20/busyness.html
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“That a machine could do this, with so little effort on the part of the user, is frankly mind-b…#
“That a machine could do this, with so little effort on the part of the user, is frankly mind-boggling.
But at the same time it is, or should be, terrifying. It is no exaggeration to say that systems like these pose a real and imminent threat to the fabric of society.”
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2023/4/271236-hoping-for-the-best-as-ai-evolves/fulltext