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He's 2 1/2. I don't mind being behind the curve on a lot of those things. We live in the country on 2 1/2 acres, and he loves playing outside with lizards and plant and hoses and toy trucks...we want him to continue his engagement with the natural world, and the social world, as much as...

"The problem is, there was no 'Sarah' nor any conversation for that matter, and when Andon Lab's real staff pointed this out to the AI, it "became quite irked and threatened to find 'alternative options for restocking services.'” lol

I think that's a really good line, and as far as I can tell right now, that's probably mostly true. I'm going to teach my kid how to use it once he starts interacting with technology. It'll be a core part of his education as he grows up. I do think some of us sometimes lose sight of the...

I must have missed your post on it. Yea, the difference is night and day. I've only tried King Arthur masa harina, too, but I was thinking about ordering some off of Amazon. Let me know if you find any good stuff.

This is more like what I was thinking about:

Just discovered the joy of homemade tortillas. Don't think I'll every buy store stuff again. Doing it at home is incredibly easy, and the taste difference is noticeable.

My colleague in the philosophy department here tells me that AI can't (yet) do logic problems he assigns for his classes...so that's mostly where I'm getting my impression from (and some comments on this thread to the same effect).

Well, in my mind those aren't mutually exclusive.

Yea, I know that it's improving...I'm just wondering I guess about the foundational principles that make language function well and logic less so. I guess my ponderment is more about epistemology than anything else.

I've been wondering about the fact that language models aren't good at logic. I don't know what to make of that.

lol

Ayn Rand has this weird appeal to 18 year old white middle class econ majors...the same population that take their first philosophy class and then go around saying that everything anyone else says is a "fallacy" Most of them, thankfully, grow out of it.

I assign his interview series with both Joseph Campbell and Huston Smith in my classes...he's a wonderful, principled man with his moral and spiritual compass pointed true north. RIP Bill, and thank you.