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New Models & releases Research 19h ago
AI copyright memorization generative paper

The Files are in the Computer: On Copyright, Memorization, and Generative AI

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Nicole Hennig
“The Files are in the Computer: On Copyright, Memorization, and Generative AI arxiv.org/abs/2404.12590… #AI #copyright #memorization” evidence ↗
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Nicole Hennig

“The Files are in the Computer: On Copyright, Memorization, and Generative AI arxiv.org/abs/2404.12590… #AI #copyright #memorization”

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Developing Compute & infrastructure Research 1d ago
transformers trained as universal computer

Towards Training Transformers as a Universal Computer

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Why this matches Research & technical analysis reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · AI Firehose
“A study shows a small transformer can execute the Turing-complete language MicroPy, achieving 100% accuracy. Using PENCIL scaffolding, it illustrates that transformers can serve as universal computers, providing insights into their programming and NLP capac…” evidence ↗
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AI Firehose

“A study shows a small transformer can execute the Turing-complete language MicroPy, achieving 100% accuracy. Using PENCIL scaffolding, it illustrates that transformers can serve as universal computers, providing insights into their programming and NLP capac…”

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5 experts · 26 posts · 1d ago
Ben Recht Clément Canonne Suresh Venkatasubramanian Dashiell Joshua Grochow
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“And I don't think even current computer architectures (or models that get close to them) agree on linear time. Maybe quasilinear time is more robust?” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Questions & unknowns · 2 Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
Clément Canonne: Of all the possibles takes on the claimed refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis, "it isn't a practical algorithm" is maybe the worst.
Clément Canonne: Just to be clear: there are many valid criticisms to make! But the fact that "the constant in the O(.) is big" is absurd. What's next, "most of maths is useless because real numbers don't actually …
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6 experts · 21 posts · 14h ago
Tim Kellogg rev. howard arson Arseny Khakhalin Fran Litterio Singularity's Bounty e/cc david-p-reichert.bsky.social
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“Google n-gram shows consciousness became popular about the same time evolution was emerging as a theory So there's a view that consciousness is a consolation prize and cope for finding ourselves in…” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Questions & unknowns · 3
rev. howard arson: the reason i like Metzinger is that he has, i think, the only testable hypothesis
rev. howard arson: his work was originally written in German, so it's all kind of a tough go, but I think The Ego Tunnel is the short one and Being No One is the long one
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7 experts · 11 posts · 1d ago
Eugene Vinitsky Alexander Hoyle Alejandra Caraballo Colin tweety fish Mary Branscombe Matt Darling
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“You're conflating the position of extremists with the much more standard, measured take that AI will be transformative (which it already has been)” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Markets & investment · 2 Research & technical analysis · 2 Building & implementation · 1
Eugene Vinitsky: You're conflating the position of extremists with the much more standard, measured take that AI will be transformative (which it already has been)
tweety fish: “Predicted fifteen of the last one stock crashes” somewhat famously does not count as being good at prediction.
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2 experts · 9 posts · 1d ago
Olivia Guest Charles Logan
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“I mean, I presented a paper at the annual learning sciences conference in 2024 challenging the field to teach about and against GenAI, so I don’t really believe most of my colleagues haven’t heard …” evidence ↗
Charles Logan: Still lolsobbing (but mostly sobbing) that the organizers of my academic field’s annual conference decided to feature AI slop images on the conference homepage 🫠
Charles Logan: Not a good look! 😬
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