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They're bad because the goal isn't to convey information in an efficient way. Think of it as a conversation that you can listen in on if you want to.
by jstx1 4y ago
They're bad because the goal isn't to convey information in an efficient way.
Think of it as a conversation that you can listen in on if you want to.
- xeromal 4y agoThis is a great way to phrase it.
- Zetice 4y agoBut that's terrible, because it seems like a good way to learn about OpenAI. It presents as if you can listen to this to gain insight into how OpenAI operates. But you can't. What you get is a hour long PR fluff piece about a man related to OpenAI. But you listen anyway, and because it's appearing as this useful thing, your normal skepticism guards are down. So you swallow what could be abject nonsense. And that's why they're Bad, not bad.
- motoxpro 4y agoThink about it as learning how Sam thinks about things rather than how OpenAI operates. There is an unbelievable amount of info in the conversation.
- Zetice 4y agoBut I don't think you get that, what you get is how Sam presents as thinking. Very, wildly different.
- motoxpro 4y agoMore meta but thats all conversations. You never know how "vulnerable" someone is being no matter the medium, so again, it's up to you to understand that and gather the information that is there.
- Zetice 4y agoNo, I think podcast interviews like this are particularly dangerous, given their reach.
- TechBro8615 4y agoThat depends how autistic you are. You can read people's motivations by how they present their motivations.
- Zetice 4y agoWhat? Autism? I’m not sure what that has to do with anything.
- TechBro8615 4y agoIt has to do with how much you can infer by listening to a conversation.
- Zetice 4y agoNo it doesn’t? Inference is what you make it; you can think a podcast person is agreeing with you when they really aren’t. Autism doesn’t really play into this; no human gets intuition correct, due to bias.
- TechBro8615 4y agoIt absolutely has something to do with it. One of the symptoms of autism is a weak theory of mind, i.e. the inability to see the world through the perspective of another person, i.e. to understand their motivations.
- Zetice 4y agoYes but being deaf would also be relevant; there are lots of other things that could alter your listening experience. What I said is applied to people in generally good health and free from any kind of impairment. It’s not generally considered relevant to list out all the conditions and diseases that could alter one’s experience…
- motoxpro 4y agoExactly right