Kelsey Piper's article in The Argument describes how AI systems are more than just next-token predictors, incorporating fine-tuning and RLHF, but commenters argue these are just layers on a next-token…
A parent's reflection on educational software i-Ready describes how the program caused his first-grade son to hate math, despite the child's prior enthusiasm. The piece argues that many schools' edtec…
AI labs including Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic are promising that artificial intelligence will cure cancer through protein prediction, drug discovery, and recursive self-improvement, but ske…
OpenAI's o3 model performed worse at geolocation when using a widely-circulated "GeoGuessr" prompt than with a basic default prompt, according to a benchmark test of 200 images. The median distance fr…
Democrats face a conflict between expanding high-quality government services and supporting public sector unions, as union policies that compress pay and protect poor performers degrade service qualit…