Economy
My excellent Conversation with Seth Godin
Here is the audio, video, and transcript from a very good session. Here is part of the episode ...View More
It was just a simulation run…designed to create that problem
Meaning an entire, prepared story as opposed to an actual simulation. No ML models were trained, et ...View More
The art of prompting is just at its beginning
If prompted correctly, even GPT 3.5 can achieve draws against Stockfish 8 (an older but very powerf ...View More
Is growing conference size a problem?
In practice, they [scientists] more so blamed the human organization problems — essentially administ ...View More
Orwell Against Progress
Orwell was deeply suspicious of technology and not simply because of the dangers of totalitarianism ...View More
US shift on trade driven by concerns about China, Trump
[unable to retrieve full-text content]This piece was co-authored with Keith M. Rockwell, Global Fell ...View More
Playing repeated games with Large Language Models
They are smart, but not ideal cooperators it seems, at least not without the proper prompts: Large L ...View More
The incidence of loans for graduate education
In 2006, the federal government effectively uncapped student borrowing for graduate programs with th ...View More
The changing classic book culture that is German
I visited the best and largest bookstore in Konstanz, a university town and a town with above-averag ...View More
Wheeling and Dealing: How Auto Dealers Put The Brakes on Direct Sales
Alexander Sammon attends the the annual convention of the National Automobile Dealers Association: ...View More
