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| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 1034 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | TechnologyPhilosophySociety & Culture | |||

This is a link post. Announcing www.huggingface.wtf, a site that explains: "Hugging Face. Wtf?"
I wrote the most accessible-but-complete explanation I could. Along the way, I made a nice AI Quotes database that I think will be useful for people who... more
Authors: Shawn Hu*, Jake Ward*, Aria Wong, Nathan Hu, Bryce Woodworth, Alexander Matt Turner, Alex Cloud (*Equal contribution, randomly ordered)
tl;dr. During training, models sometimes learn to cheat at tasks rather than solve them in the intended... more
This is a link post. People worried about a “permanent underclass” often assume that owning capital will protect them from disempowerment, or at least that they will be disempowered last, after the jobless masses dependent on UBI. I think something e... more
It's fortunate that I was the first one to wake up on 8/1. The past week had been one where sleep was rare. The next year loomed large — I was dreading college applications. The stress woke me up bright and early at 5:14 am, a little less than an hou... more
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As someone who foolishly feels pride in my second reddit account being 14 years old I must admit I wish I had discovered LW back then.
All the subs and clusters I found myself in would have led me to assume I would have discovered the site years ago…
I think anyone who wishes to expand their knowledge base should listen and read many of these episodes. check your bias and set aside any preconceived notions of who Yud or the rats are and just read. You do not need to incorporate many of the id... more
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