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“Researchers from UCLA have found that the autoregressive language model Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) clearly outperforms the average college student in a series of reasoning tests that measure intelligence.”
“Most animals that humans have attempted to domesticate have refused. A striking example is the zebra, which, though closely related to the domestic horse and donkey, remains one of most dangerous animals in the zoo.”
Instagram reels: who is she? it’s very disrespectful to ask a crocodile to show its hands a cautionary tale what does this plan demand of us, brain? tickets please wednesday rubidium is a mad ting, fam
Scott Alexander: “Censorship proponents imagine a world where ‘good sources’ are doing something fundamentally different from ‘bad sources’; the good sources are going out in the world and reporting true facts, the bad sources are just making things up. In this world, you can censor mechanically, without needing to consult your own opinions. But this is a false hope. You will always need to make judgment calls about which sources’ true facts are important vs. irrelevant, which sources’ studies are valid versus flawed, and which sources’ points that you don’t have good responses to are too annoying or conspiratorial to take seriously anyway. These judgment calls will be as subjective as any other attempt to have an opinion on the news.”
