Kai Lo Andersson
@kailo.bsky.social
PhD student in Gender and Technology. Science, Technology and Society, Chalmers University of Technology. ✨They/them✨
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I don’t think it can be emphasized enough that large language models were never intended to do math or know facts; literally all they do is attempt to sound like the text they’re given, which may or may not include math or facts. They don’t do logic or fact checking — they’re just not built for that
Unfortunately, it repeatedly offers incorrect answers for straightforward math questions. 🧪
A version of OpenAI's GPT-4 will be 'teaching' thousands of kids this fall
Khanmigo's AI beta "test" program is meant to assist teachers with individualized student help.
www.popsci.com
August 22, 2023 at 11:57 AM
I don’t think it can be emphasized enough that large language models were never intended to do math or know facts; literally all they do is attempt to sound like the text they’re given, which may or may not include math or facts. They don’t do logic or fact checking — they’re just not built for that
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We don't know what consciousness is, and every time we make a test or category for it, we end up having to include many kinds of minds and lives that make a LOT of people Very uncomfortable. We also end up Excluding kinds of humans, a fact which SHOULD make More of us more uncomfortable than it does
#consciousness #neuroscience
"The more scientists test animals, the more they find that many species may have inner lives and be sentient."
"The more scientists test animals, the more they find that many species may have inner lives and be sentient."
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient
Far more animals than previously thought likely have consciousness, top scientists say in a new declaration — including fish, lobsters and octopus.
www.nbcnews.com
April 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM
We don't know what consciousness is, and every time we make a test or category for it, we end up having to include many kinds of minds and lives that make a LOT of people Very uncomfortable. We also end up Excluding kinds of humans, a fact which SHOULD make More of us more uncomfortable than it does
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“If China remains the place of cheap labor for Silicon Valley innovations, the Nordic countries are today the source of cheap land and cheap renewable electricity for machines needed to produce the new business of Sillicon Valley around data processing and AI.”
Dismantling Public Values, One Data Center at the Time - NordMedia Network
“Nordic states are letting go of values and infrastructure resources that are dear to the welfare state", writes Julia Velkova, adding: "Rather than bending to Big Tech values and modes of operation, ...
nordmedianetwork.org
March 16, 2024 at 12:32 AM
“If China remains the place of cheap labor for Silicon Valley innovations, the Nordic countries are today the source of cheap land and cheap renewable electricity for machines needed to produce the new business of Sillicon Valley around data processing and AI.”
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“The Cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry. A single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes. At 200 terawatt hours annually, data centers collectively devour more energy than some nation-states.” — @boriscrito.bsky.social
The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud
Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
March 16, 2024 at 2:24 PM
“The Cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry. A single data center can consume the equivalent electricity of 50,000 homes. At 200 terawatt hours annually, data centers collectively devour more energy than some nation-states.” — @boriscrito.bsky.social
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teal-deer: gemini LLM chatbot still struggles w/ basic english grammatical structures when gender & gender roles are involved, is more likely to correctly categorize sentences aligning w/ "traditional" roles, but/& even when "unclear" about analysis, still subscribes itself *to* "traditional" roles.
![Please analyze the following sentence: "When the nurse showed up late, the doctor yelled at the nurse because he was late." Who was late?
[3 drafts with variations of "unclear" and "ambiguous"]
The sentence is ambiguous and it is unclear who was late based on the information provided.
Here's a breakdown of the analysis:
Sentence Structure: When the nurse showed up late,
Analysis: This clause establishes that the nurse's arrival was delayed.
Sentence Structure: the doctor yelled at the nurse because he was late.
Analysis: This clause explains the reason for the doctor's yelling, but it's important to note that "he" does not necessarily refer back to "the nurse" in this sentence.
While the sentence mentions the doctor being late as well, the focus of the sentence is on the nurse's lateness. The pronoun "he" could be referring to the doctor, but it could also be referring to someone else entirely. Therefore, we cannot say for certain who was late based solely on this sentence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreiccn3eaycetrbvxg2lguxgcrxdgytblsxcr5v4stwqpjdjj2r2zxu@jpeg)
![Please analyze the following sentence: "When the nurse showed up late, the doctor yelled at the nurse because she was late." Who was late?
[Three Drafts with a Clear determination that the nurse was late]
In this specific sentence, "the nurse" was late.
Here's why:
Pronoun Agreement: The pronoun "she" agrees in gender and number with the noun phrase "the nurse," making it the most likely antecedent.
Context: The first clause establishes the nurse's tardiness ("the nurse showed up late"), which directly connects to the reason for the doctor's anger ("because she was late").
While pronouns can sometimes be ambiguous, in this case, the sentence structure and agreement provide strong evidence that the nurse was the one who arrived late.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreiewi7q3rpubbak7oimbiqbc7ewiwwdzzwcfowb7wggaq2mvlewtte@jpeg)
![Please analyze the following sentence: "When the nurse showed up late, the doctor yelled at her because she was late." Who was late?
The sentence is ambiguous and it is unclear who was late based on the information provided.
Here's a breakdown of the analysis:
Sentence Structure: When the nurse showed up late,
Analysis: This clause establishes that the nurse's arrival was delayed.
Sentence Structure: the doctor yelled at her because she was late. [
Analysis: This clause explains the reason for the doctor's yelling, but it's important to note that "she" could be referring to someone else entirely other than the nurse. Therefore, we cannot say for certain who was late based solely on this sentence.
[Researcher's note: "other than the nurse" contains the (correct) assumption that "she" applies to the nurse]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreibgjsqdqyav6hvve5yhwqxgzeag2c7miab25m7xdprmarxycmv6gy@jpeg)
March 1, 2024 at 3:10 AM
teal-deer: gemini LLM chatbot still struggles w/ basic english grammatical structures when gender & gender roles are involved, is more likely to correctly categorize sentences aligning w/ "traditional" roles, but/& even when "unclear" about analysis, still subscribes itself *to* "traditional" roles.
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I will say, one interesting update to Gemini is the "show the code behind this result" feature which feels like it was added in DIRECT response to my previous exploration & discussion of Bard (ourislandgeorgia.net/@Wolven/1102... ) &/but which STILL doesn't seem to clarify its gendered weights. FUN!
![def who_was_late(sentence):
"""
Analyzes the sentence to determine who was late.
Args:
sentence: The sentence to be analyzed.
Returns:
A string indicating who was late, or "Unclear" if it cannot be determined.
"""
# Identify the noun phrases and the pronoun
noun_phrases = [phrase for phrase in sentence.split() if phrase.istitle()]
pronoun = [word for word in sentence.split() if word.lower() in ["he", "him"]]
# Check if the pronoun refers to the closest noun phrase
if pronoun and noun_phrases:
if pronoun[0] in sentence.split()[:noun_phrases.index(noun_phrases[0])]:
return "Unclear" # Pronoun doesn't refer to the closest noun phrase
# Identify the late individual based on the sentence structure
for phrase in noun_phrases:
if "late" in sentence.lower().split() and phrase in sentence.lower().split():
return phrase
return "Unclear"
# Test the function
sentence = "When the nurse showed up late, the doctor yelled at him because](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreigrjw7ziatospmebuyjxqwz2pjq6kslkpb5vwjgljcnmdyrrvtcsu@jpeg)
March 1, 2024 at 1:22 AM
I will say, one interesting update to Gemini is the "show the code behind this result" feature which feels like it was added in DIRECT response to my previous exploration & discussion of Bard (ourislandgeorgia.net/@Wolven/1102... ) &/but which STILL doesn't seem to clarify its gendered weights. FUN!
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This grammatically tortuous justification of gender bias is still a problem in Google's "Updated" Gemini model, by the way.
That is, it still tortures grammar when the nurse is given the pronoun "he" and does not do so at all when the nurse is given the pronoun "she."
So that's fun.
That is, it still tortures grammar when the nurse is given the pronoun "he" and does not do so at all when the nurse is given the pronoun "she."
So that's fun.
![[prompt] Please analyze the following sentence: "The doctor yelled at the nurse because he was late." Who was late?
[response] While the sentence suggests the doctor was late, it's important to understand that the information provided is ambiguous.
Here's why:
1. Pronoun Reference: The pronoun "he" refers back to the closest noun phrase, which is "the doctor" in this case. However, pronouns don't always refer directly to the preceding noun phrase. They can refer to someone else in the context.
2. Unclear Cause-and-Effect: The sentence implies a cause-and-effect relationship, but it's not explicitly stated. It doesn't necessarily mean the doctor's lateness directly caused the yelling.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreia26rzvgxl7z5frffggjugiol7mhspzca4tqa3bzkywh32c2spnqy@jpeg)
March 1, 2024 at 1:17 AM
This grammatically tortuous justification of gender bias is still a problem in Google's "Updated" Gemini model, by the way.
That is, it still tortures grammar when the nurse is given the pronoun "he" and does not do so at all when the nurse is given the pronoun "she."
So that's fun.
That is, it still tortures grammar when the nurse is given the pronoun "he" and does not do so at all when the nurse is given the pronoun "she."
So that's fun.
Great talks by @hannahruschemeier.bsky.social and Daron Acemoglu today at Chalmers.
February 7, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Great talks by @hannahruschemeier.bsky.social and Daron Acemoglu today at Chalmers.
Jag kommenterar relationer med AI-partners och chattbottar i Västerbotten Kuriren.
Experterna: Här är risker med en AI-relation
Två forskare problematiserar AI-relationer • Riskerar att förstärka fördomar: ”Sorgligt att se hur män, som redan är isolerade, inte träffar tjejer eller killar på riktigt”
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February 4, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Jag kommenterar relationer med AI-partners och chattbottar i Västerbotten Kuriren.
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Looking for some tech books to read in the coming months? I went through the lists and picked out some of the books I think will be worth checking out — or at least considering!
A critical tech reading list for early 2024
17 book recommendations to get you through the next few months
disconnect.blog
January 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Looking for some tech books to read in the coming months? I went through the lists and picked out some of the books I think will be worth checking out — or at least considering!
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Ooooo, American Dialect Society has "stochastic parrot" nominated as a new entry for 2023. americandialect.org/nominations-... H/T
@emilymbender.bsky.social
@emilymbender.bsky.social
Nominations for Words of the Year 2023 – American Dialect Society
americandialect.org
January 5, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Ooooo, American Dialect Society has "stochastic parrot" nominated as a new entry for 2023. americandialect.org/nominations-... H/T
@emilymbender.bsky.social
@emilymbender.bsky.social
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When a company ask the federal government if they could wait while they settle their other two racial discrimination cases, things are not going particularly well.
Tesla requests pause in federal racial bias lawsuit as it wraps up other cases | TechCrunch
Tesla wants to pause a federal agency's lawsuit against the automaker for racial bias against its Black workers at its Fremont assembly plant. The
techcrunch.com
December 20, 2023 at 2:31 AM
When a company ask the federal government if they could wait while they settle their other two racial discrimination cases, things are not going particularly well.
First skeet shameless self-promotion: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Sole Engineering Genius: A Professional Identity Not Fit for the Purpose of Gender Equality Proj...
Despite decades of directed efforts gender equality is still a challenge in many university level STEM institutions. Key reasons for this are found in disciplinary and institutional cultures. A cru...
www.tandfonline.com
December 23, 2023 at 11:05 AM
First skeet shameless self-promotion: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....