culturalgeology

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by culturalgeology 8mo ago
Via art historian Matthew J. Milliner: “Now that I know AI’s counselling allure experientially, I aim to resist it all the more. It is an act of human defiance to be there for each other anyway, to continue to fill the spaces the machines w
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What Is the University For? – Remaining Human in the Transition to LLMs(comment.org)
3 points by culturalgeology 9mo ago|2 comments
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by culturalgeology 9mo ago
“The singularity has come for universities, and we must adapt as a result. If you think the main point of university humanities classes was to teach expository essay writing, the season ahead will be a catastrophe.” Meghan Sullivan of Notre
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Revival Among the Techies(comment.org)
2 points by culturalgeology 1y ago|1 comments
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by culturalgeology 1y ago
“My Luddism comes from conviction. It also has much to do with temperament, and trace amounts of incompetence and disorganization. But fundamentally the tech world—with its buzzwords, pitch decks, and perennial hype, everything always “amaz
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Why LLMs may make monkeys out of us(comment.org)
3 points by culturalgeology 1y ago|1 comments
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by culturalgeology 1y ago
Do LLMs tempt us into specious reasoning and digital illusion? “LLMs, since they are designed and trained using behaviourist principles that rely on reinforcement, have an almost invisible instrumental component to their communication. They
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by culturalgeology 2y ago
Helpful response to Griffin's piece.
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by culturalgeology 2y ago
Rabbi Phil Graubart says Marc Andreessen's The Techno-Optimist Manifesto "ignores half of what it means to be human." What are the limits of technology in helping us overcome isolation?
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The Techno-Optimist and the Lonely Man of Faith(comment.org)
3 points by culturalgeology 2y ago|2 comments