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4 experts · 6 posts · 17d ago
Grace Lindsay Laura K. Nelson Joao Barbosa Sam Barrett, PhD
Multiple readings Research & technical analysis · 2 Building & implementation · 1
Grace Lindsay: Teaching "AI use" in college (not related to teaching how AI is built) is silly because 1.) the tools are meant to be user friendly with minimal training and 2.) they change so often your education…
Sam Barrett, PhD: I disagree. Maybe they are designed to be user friendly but I don't think that means effective use is easy or comes for free. It requires developing mental habits, intuitions and a kind of theory o…
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2 experts · 5 posts · 15h ago
Sam Barrett, PhD Singularity's Bounty e/cc
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
Sam Barrett, PhD: Very good vibes for GPT-6 around fiction writing, editing and interpretation. It apparently very easily and perfectly interpreted the plot and temporal structure of The Wire Branch which previous m…
Sam Barrett, PhD: In a "draft from detailed spec" fiction experiment it produced a dramatically different draft than any of the other recent GPT or Claude models and one I'm initially quite pleased with.
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