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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩
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Taiwan-based anthropologist.
人類學家與台灣新住民。
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LLMs are just prediction machines; they are only calculating the most likely next pixel or letter, not basing it on any kind of model of how the world works.
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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There's a tool for that:

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November 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Not just in libraries, but in the legislative yuan as well...
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Spilling the identity of Deep Throat to your camp friend is top-tier personal lore

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Culeman-Beckman, now 19, says Jacob revealed Deep Throat's identity to him when they were both at a day camp in Bridgehampton, L.l., in 1988. They were 8 at the time. Using the information - and piles of research - Culeman-Beckman wrote a high-school paper about Deep Throat's identity this year. The paper formed the basis for a Hartford Courant article yesterday. Culeman-Beckman recalled: "We entered into a very precocious discussion of politics. Somehow the conversation degenerated to talk about Watergate and in a burst of braggadocio, he said that Deep Throat was Mark Felt.
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I hope that they don't respond to this with a picture of waffles. They need to fix trust and safety, not make fun of people asking them to do so.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Also in this issue: Human Rights Watch on China censoring free speech in New York City, and some wonderful photos of a thermos factory in China taken by Angela Zito in the early 1980s.
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM