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In Vienna, which has very good public transport and a large walking population, there is a strong culture against jaywalking. Locals will wait at the crosswalk sign even on minor roads with no traffic. Having lived in New York, London, and other places, I've never seen anything like it.
Comment · 2 years ago
I had ChatGPT give me the key points to avoid reading:

AI's Role in Writing: Instead of outsourcing the writing process or plagiarizing, students like Chris use ChatGPT as a collaborative tool to refine ideas, test arguments, or generate rough drafts. ChatGPT helps reduce cognitive load by offering suggestions, but the student still does most of the intellectual work.

Limited Usefulness of AI: ChatGPT's writing was often bland, inconsistent, and in need of heavy editing. However, it still served as a brainstorming partner, providing starting points that allowed users to improve their writing through further refinement.

Complexity of AI Collaboration: The article suggests that AI-assisted writing is not simply "cheating," but a new form of collaboration that changes how writers approach their work. It introduces the idea of "rhetorical load sharing," where AI helps alleviate mental strain but doesn’t replace human creativity.

Changing Perspectives on AI in Academia: Many professors and commentators initially feared that AI would enable rampant plagiarism. However, the article argues that in-depth assignments still require critical thinking, and using AI tools like ChatGPT might actually help students engage more deeply with their work.

Comment · 3 years ago
This could create a new industry of double Irish-style/sale-leaseback avoidance schemes that will be a boon to tech lawyers. E.g. Tech co sells its software to an Irish sister company and then its software engineers create software for that Irish firm, which in turn licenses its software _back_ to Tech co.
Comment · 3 years ago
Could Priya use chatgpt herself to do 10x bio-curations? Would this enable her to potentially set up a freelance competitor to her current employer? Could a competitor using chatgpt like that hire her to do 10x the work? Could her current employer re-deploy her somewhere else now that bio-curations are sorted out? Yes to all.

The author is correct, the current arrangement will change, but the opportunities will likely increase as well, not just at the macro level but in Priya’s intermediate future as well.

Comment · 3 years ago
To cut down on hits to the GPT API, the library should write the code required to parse the data on the first time it hits a page, then for all instances of that page, it can use the code instead of hitting the GPT API.
Comment · 3 years ago
One day someone will plug in a math module to work in concert with chat gpt and then we will really get somewhere.
Comment · 3 years ago
Really looking forward to when someone runs Doom inside of ChatGPT
Comment · 4 years ago
Should also add your half of FICA (7.65%), so should be closer to 20% of pay
Comment · 4 years ago
Solution? Allow filtering reviews in last 7, 30, 60, 90 days (reviews in last 7 days might show 2.5 of 5 stars, e.g.)
Comment · 7 years ago
It's not a loan and more akin to equity; there are parallels to the talent agency world. If you wanted to do our program and get paid less than $2000, we could accommodate this via a side agreement or other arrangement potentially.
Comment · 7 years ago
We definitely need to dig more into this, but I think you're right, sometimes income from us would push people over limits -- at least the way it's currently structured. Could you share what thresholds you are talking about?

E.g. if the threshold is 5k, we pay 10k, medical insurance goes to $1000 from $0, it might be still positive for the trainee (earning $10k - $tax - $1000 might be better than no earnings at all).

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