Ken Simmons
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Reposted by Ken Simmons
What happens when AI upends an entire field? Where do the experts go? What do young people do? Researchers studying natural language processing were among the very first to find out. This is their story, told in their own words. Reporting by John Pavlus:
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History | Quanta Magazine
Researchers in “natural language processing” tried to tame human language. Then came the transformer.
www.quantamagazine.org
May 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What happens when AI upends an entire field? Where do the experts go? What do young people do? Researchers studying natural language processing were among the very first to find out. This is their story, told in their own words. Reporting by John Pavlus:
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
Reposted by Ken Simmons
Since the 1960s, mathematicians have been trying to figure out the biggest shape that can fit through an L-shaped hallway. A recent proof uncovered the answer without any computer assistance. It instead took a fresh approach to solving optimization problems.
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The Largest Sofa You Can Move Around a Corner | Quanta Magazine
A new proof reveals the answer to the decades-old “moving sofa” problem. It highlights how even the simplest optimization problems can have counterintuitive answers.
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February 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Since the 1960s, mathematicians have been trying to figure out the biggest shape that can fit through an L-shaped hallway. A recent proof uncovered the answer without any computer assistance. It instead took a fresh approach to solving optimization problems.
https://buff.ly/4b6Vkli
https://buff.ly/4b6Vkli