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Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Research on AI, cognitive science, and complex systems.
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Published: June 20, 2025 19:58
This is a very good paper on how methodologies from comparative cognition can help improve AI evaluation:
https://openreview.net/pdf?id=gCPJFcHskT
Other papers along the same lines:
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Published: June 17, 2025 17:14
Despite your hope, "this email" rarely finds me "well".
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Published: June 16, 2025 22:28
This kind of thing has been seen in every big commercial model, it seems. Caveat Emptor.
Note: Contrary to what it says, Gemini does not have "intentions" in the humanlike sense of the word.
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Published: June 16, 2025 13:15
New paper: "Large Language Models and Emergence: A Complex Systems Perspective" (D. Krakauer, J. Krakauer, M. Mitchell).
We look at claims of "emergent capabilities" & "emergent intelligence" in LLMs from the perspective of what emergence means in…
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Published: June 14, 2025 23:19
LLM product placement and search optimization is here and it's as dystopian as you expected.
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Published: June 13, 2025 23:27
Got distracted today & did a little experiment on ChatGPT 4o.
I told it I had a question about AI & asked it to suggest six experts to contact.
In one condition, I put "tough-minded and rigorous" before "experts".
In the other condition, I put…
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Published: June 13, 2025 14:52
Another "holy sh*t" article about AI-induced psychosis.
"I’m not crazy,” she said. “I’m literally just living a normal life while also, you know, discovering interdimensional communication."
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Published: June 11, 2025 21:30
Breaking: Entire US public health infrastructure
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Published: June 10, 2025 21:02
www.nokings.org
https://www.nokings.org/
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Published: June 10, 2025 16:31
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