samgilb

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An Ice-Covered Russian Ghost Town theatlantic.com

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History's Attention Gap kidopoly.com

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A planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration theconversation.com

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Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid arstechnica.com

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The Economics of Skiing in America economist.com

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UK plan to lead in generative AI 'unrealistic,' say Cambridge researchers thenextweb.com

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Who am I prepared to kill and who am I prepared to die for? lrb.co.uk

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State of AI Report 2023 stateof.ai

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Twenty-first century progress in computing [pdf] bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk

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Comment · 3 years ago

"I have seen others enjoying while I stood alone with myself...a mere dead mirror on which things reflect themselves" - W.B.Yeats

There is no moral high ground for Reddit as it seeks to capitalise on user data theguardian.com

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Comment · 3 years ago

Fun fact: philosopher Regina Rini referred to GPT-3 as a "statistical parrot" six months before the Bender et al paper came out: https://dailynous.com/2020/07/30/philosophers-gpt-3/#rini