In my first for , the chess scandal provides a window into how AI has transformed chess in the past 20 years—first into something resembling a spelling bee, and now into a psychological game not unlike poker.
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In which writes about the incredible topic of literal, eternal moon shadows (and almost as incredible doesn't mention Cat Stevens):
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"What, after all, is life if not the most complicated game of all?"
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Nice article in about AI game playing and what it's for, including quotes from , , , and myself.
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In which lets me and get eviscerated at Pokemon. Along the way we learn a lot about the usefulness and limits of games for AI research and answer an ancient question: Can managing a team of Pokemon help manage a team of doctors?
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What is the point of teaching an AI to play Pokemon? It’s not all fun and games, write and .
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(From Liguria and generally enjoyed with pesto for the curious)
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My favorite pasta shape that I can never fine anywhere!!!!!!
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This piece challenged my own outlook and left me a little more hopeful about America's vaccine future than I've been at any point during the pandemic.
Grateful for 's sharp writing and data brain:
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There's a lot of good news about vaccines
... but no one wants to hear it.
My take on the crisis that isn't quite:
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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT “human-or-AI detector” made me realize why AI suddenly feels so real: because I can imagine it’s imminent bureaucratization.
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AI products such as ChatGPT use language to act like they’re smart. But reevaluating the relationship between language and thought in the human brain might help dispel that illusion, writes .
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The use of grammar and a lexicon to communicate functions that involve other parts of the brain, such as socializing and logic, is what makes human language special. Fascinating by
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"Contemporary research on the human brain, too, suggests that 'there is a separation between language and thought.'" Smart on the limits of Chat GPT:
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Our paper on language vs. thought in large language models got covered by ! Thank you for your time
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AI products like ChatGPT use language to act like they’re smart. But reevaluating the relationship between language and thought in the human brain might help dispel that illusion, writes @matteo_wong.
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great insights on the (sadly probably unachievable, but nonetheless important) 1.5 goal:
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My piece from yesterday on human brains, language, and AI:
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Language abilities != Thinking.
Or why LLMs such as ChatGPT can eloquently spew complete nonsense.
Their grasp of reality is very superficial.
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This piece in the Atlantic comments on a paper by the MIT Cognitive Science crowd arxiv.org/abs/2301.06627
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i fully support outdoor dining, but let's face it: what once evoked the romance of Paris has turned out to be a janky table next to a parked car
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Language is frequently understood as the medium of thought. But reframing it as the messenger might transform how we approach natural and artificial intelligence alike. My latest here:
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AI products like ChatGPT use language to act like they’re smart. But reevaluating the relationship between language and thought in the human brain might help dispel that illusion, writes @matteo_wong.
on.theatln.tc/qKI69K1
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AI products like ChatGPT use language to act like they’re smart. But reevaluating the relationship between language and thought in the human brain might help dispel that illusion, writes .
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Huge thank you to , , , , , and others for their time and knowledge
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ChatGPT's ability to write fluent sentences resembles a bit of our brains—and that's why it isn't smart. Indeed, comparing human and silicon neurons recasts not just the limits of AI, but the ties between language and thought. My latest for :
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Brain-melting stuff from about the link between the human brain and generative AI programs like ChatGPT
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just doesn't miss
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lovely and thought-provoking and beautiful interactive from @marinakoren
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relatable, the death of my parents' old rice cooker, brought to brooklyn from taiwan, when i was a teen was a true tragedy
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My children have taken the replacement of our family rice cooker (with an exact replica) more seriously than I had anticipated
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lovely and thought-provoking and beautiful interactive from
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Get used to higher egg prices, warns Tayag of the . Avian flu exacerbated by congested chicken cooping -- it all adds up.
siriusxm.com/clips/clip/65c via
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They’re here!
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Super sharp cover story from on the dark implications of how entertainment consumed reality and we're all an audience (and actors). Can't help but think of Bradbury's "The Veldt" in which simulated lions literally eat the parents
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this is fantastic on a mystery I've been puzzled by: rents went up but the people didn't return
here comes the Artificially Dumb Journalism
ie, sooo good on BuzzFeed and AI content from
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Wrote about the Russian troll study & how we are still trying to understand social media's role in an election that is SIX YEARS OLD. One irony: efforts to understand the effect of digital platforms on our politics are flattened by those very platforms!
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In which explains why there's an egg shortage but no chicken shortage, among other things:
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Great time to read 's banger about the rise of congressional backronyms theatlantic.com/technology/arc
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INBOX: @HawleyMO re-introduces his bill to ban stock trading in Congress.
Except this time, it's called the PELOSI (Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments) Act.
Bill text here 
hawley.senate.gov/sites/default/
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thinking about this poem today
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One year after the Atlanta spa shootings, I haven't been able to turn the grief and rage into anything except for grief, rage, and this one very small poem. All I can say is: Hi, hello, also-hurting You. I'm holding us close today.
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Maybe because there was more trade under the Ming than the Zhou? But then the Ming burned all their ships so that doesn't make sense for TJ's either
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Lunar new year feels like a good time to ask something I’ve wondered since I started shopping at TJ’s: Why isn’t Trader Ming just Trader Zhou?
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Lunar new year feels like a good time to ask something I’ve wondered since I started shopping at TJ’s: Why isn’t Trader Ming just Trader Zhou?
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