Human Consciousness Could Be a Side Effect of Entropy

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Human Consciousness Could Be a Side Effect of Entropy, Study Suggests

It's impressive enough that our human brains are made up of the same 'star stuff' that forms the Universe, but a wild study publishe...

Decentralizing the internet alone won’t lift it above politics or save it from corporate co-optation?

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Decentralizing the internet alone won’t lift it above politics or save it from corporate co-optation

"My rule of thumb is not to trust LLM output unless I can independently verify it," Dominik Rabiej, a senior product manager for Bard, wrote in the Discord chat in July, referring to large language models -- the AI systems trained on massive amounts of text that form the building blocks of chatbots like Bard and OpenAI's ChatGPT. "Would love to get it to a point that you can, but it isn't there yet." "The biggest challenge I'm still thinking of: what are LLMs truly useful for, in terms of helpfulness?" said Googler Cathy Pearl, a user experience lead for Bard, in August. "Like really making a difference. TBD!" [...] Two participants on Google's Bard community on chat platform Discord shared details of discussions in the server with Bloomberg from July to October. Dozens of messages reviewed by Bloomberg provide a unique window into how Bard is being used and critiqued by those who know it best, and show that even the company leaders tasked with developing the chatbot feel conflicted about the tool's potential. Expounding on his answer about "not trusting" responses generated by large language models, Rabiej suggested limiting people's use of Bard to "creative / brainstorming applications." Using Bard for coding was a good option too, Rabiej said, "since you inevitably verify if the code works!" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-11/google-insiders-question-usefulness-of-bard-ai-chatbot?leadSource=uverify%20wall

明白人似乎普遍陷入社会性抑郁了…

发现电梯按钮的取消操作很迷幻。有的是双击，有的是长按，而且即使操作了取消，也不见得会执行。

Why Socialism? by Albert Einstein

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Why Socialism? - Monthly Review

Albert Einstein is the world-famous physicist. This article was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). It was subseq...

据传iPhone15锁国区AppStore？ 虽然感觉不太可能，但确实能做到，而且Apple在这方面一直很绵软。