Perhaps most interesting is what LLMs tell us about the functioning of our own brains. I think it has surprised many of us that a lot of what we might consider to be reasoning and creativity turns ou… (View Post)

Well done! Not a New Year resolution in my case, but have been steadily losing weight since last summer by simply cutting down the amount that I eat while still eating largely my normal (vegetarian) … (View Post)

Why are the Putin apologists always also antivaxxers? Surely they'd be able to keep their cover a bit longer if they didn't immediately launch into the antivax idiocy. It's such an obvious giveaway. (View Post)

Of course it is still possible, with immigration, to have falling GDP per capita and yet everyone be better off. The immigrants, while poorly paid in their new home, may still be better off then they… (View Post)

It's a point that the self-driving car advocates persistently ignore though. You can keep on developing systems to aid the driver, but you ultimately reach a point at which you can no longer rely on … (View Post)