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Multiple readings character.ai Policy & governance · 6 attributable reactions
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character.ai

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Why this matches Questions & unknowns reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · tachikoma
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Ted Underwood 404 Media Ethan Zuckerman Ed Zitron Scott McGrath Alex Hern Colin tachikoma +2
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thebes: am sick so spent the night with opus 5.5 working on a chart (inspired by the one from lem's golem xiv) how did we got here / model genealogy / the heroic age of language modeling
Grace: am sick so spent the night with opus 5.5 working on a chart (inspired by the one from lem's golem xiv) how did we got here / model genealogy / the heroic age of language modeling
thebes: i think it's too late for the period i was focused on (i carried the branches to the modern day but only if they started in the period in question)
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ssrn.com

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Why this matches Questions & unknowns reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Nina Beguš
“What should cultural analytics do about genAI? We address the infrastructural force of narratives within AI corporatization, argue for constitutive humanism against a purely decorative stance, and suggest methods to examine the function of narratives within…” evidence ↗
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Ted Underwood Nina Beguš

“What should cultural analytics do about genAI? We address the infrastructural force of narratives within AI corporatization, argue for constitutive humanism against a purely decorative stance, and suggest methods to examine the function of narratives within…”

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3 experts · 7 posts · 1d ago
Ted Underwood David Marx James Tauber
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Multiple readings Research & technical analysis · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Ted Underwood: The Internet era is kind of rough on faculty in emerging fields, because if University U hasn’t yet hired someone in your field, the students there *will write you* to ask sincere, interesting ques…
Ted Underwood: I guess my takeaway is not, students pls be less curious & proactive — but more hurry the f up, Univ U.
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2 experts · 6 posts · 5d ago
Maria Antoniak Ted Underwood
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Ted Underwood: this is very exciting paper, but for me the biggest insight is that classic LDA still goes hard as a topic model. using SAE features as inputs to topic models is uncanny, like strapping a vivisecte…
Ted Underwood: what's kind of fascinating today is that "interpreting topic models," "interpreting neural networks," and "topic modeling neural networks" are all suddenly in my feed, and you + Nick Cammarata are …
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