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5 experts · 13 posts · 19h ago
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“I'm not sure what happened; GenAI is part of it, but not all of it. The trend began earlier.” evidence ↗
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Ted Underwood: We need a social movement to explain to students and entrepreneurs — that it's a bad idea to email random professors in other states for advice. It was charming to get one inquiry a month, but thre…
Ted Underwood: I'm not sure what happened; GenAI is part of it, but not all of it. The trend began earlier.
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5 experts · 6 posts · 1d ago
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“Also applies to people who don’t speak. See: history of “deaf and dumb” concept.” evidence ↗
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Naomi Saphra: Thinking LMs are sentient is the flip side of thinking nonhuman animals aren't sentient. We're so attuned to language as a signal for sentience that we can't conceive of unpairing sentience from li…
Luke Stark: Thinking LMs are sentient is the flip side of thinking nonhuman animals aren't sentient. We're so attuned to language as a signal for sentience that we can't conceive of unpairing sentience from li…
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