H Khan
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1. @alisongopnik.bsky.social, Cosma Shalizi, James Evans and myself have a new piece in Science on "AI" Large Models, pushing back against much of the collective wisdom about what they can and can't do. Official below, unpaywalled at henryfarrell.net/large-ai-mod... . So why this now?
Large AI models are cultural and social technologies
Implications draw on the history of transformative information systems from the past
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March 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
1. @alisongopnik.bsky.social, Cosma Shalizi, James Evans and myself have a new piece in Science on "AI" Large Models, pushing back against much of the collective wisdom about what they can and can't do. Official below, unpaywalled at henryfarrell.net/large-ai-mod... . So why this now?
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I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
February 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
Great discussion here. I expect the data will lag, likely by months.
Ok this is making the rounds and tbc the scale of what is happening to the federal workforce and with impoundment is unprecedented - but I think we need to be really careful about assuming this is going to all hit at once in March or that we know the size of the impact 1/
It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.
February 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Great discussion here. I expect the data will lag, likely by months.
Ooof. Called out.
In many ways, Bluesky’s core audience of early adopter geriatric Millennials — very Online information junkies who are suspicious of big tech, crypto, and AI — is almost anti-positioned to understand the kind of appeals that will hit for Zoomer swing voters.
December 2, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Ooof. Called out.
One of the most fantastic discussions on the importance of ontologies and taxonomies, this time in the context of quantum theory:
youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo?...
youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo?...
There’s No Wave Function? | Jacob Barandes
YouTube video by Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
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November 29, 2024 at 12:55 AM
One of the most fantastic discussions on the importance of ontologies and taxonomies, this time in the context of quantum theory:
youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo?...
youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo?...
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These two papers, taken together, really cause a rethinking of behavioral economies.
Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.
Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.
November 27, 2024 at 4:33 PM
These two papers, taken together, really cause a rethinking of behavioral economies.
Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.
Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.
RIP Marshall Brain. NC shines less brightly for your loss.
In memoriam, I offer this fantastic, prescient story about how AI can shape our future:
marshallbrain.com/manna1
In memoriam, I offer this fantastic, prescient story about how AI can shape our future:
marshallbrain.com/manna1
Manna – Two Views of Humanity’s Future – Chapter 1 | MarshallBrain.com
marshallbrain.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:15 PM
RIP Marshall Brain. NC shines less brightly for your loss.
In memoriam, I offer this fantastic, prescient story about how AI can shape our future:
marshallbrain.com/manna1
In memoriam, I offer this fantastic, prescient story about how AI can shape our future:
marshallbrain.com/manna1
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“I am the kind of person willing to jump to conclusions about malevolent intentions based on minimal evidence. Don’t fuck with me.” www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/strategic-...
Strategic paranoia: When irrational fears serve rational ends
The role of strategic paranoia in witchcraft accusations, conspiracy theories, the Satanic panic, tribal narratives, the mafia, and sexual jealousy.
www.conspicuouscognition.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:39 PM
“I am the kind of person willing to jump to conclusions about malevolent intentions based on minimal evidence. Don’t fuck with me.” www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/strategic-...
This really does feel like 2014 fintwit. Great to see everyone again.
November 24, 2024 at 6:54 PM
This really does feel like 2014 fintwit. Great to see everyone again.