April 5, 2023
I want you to post an article about AI in Metafilter, and do it good.
How to Use AI to do Practical Stuff. "We live in an era of practical AI, but many people haven’t yet experienced it, or, if they have, they might have wondered what the big deal is. Thus, this guide. It is a modified version of one I put out for my students earlier in the year, but a lot has changed. It is an overview of ways to get AI to do practical things."
Also: How to Use AI to teach the hardest skills.
And Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok: How to Learn and Teach Economics with Large Language Models, Including GPT (PDF)
[don't share with candidates]
Company asking for only white candidates in job application sparks outrage. "A note in bold in the job offer said: "Only Born US Citizens [White] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don't share with candidates]. The company has apologized and said the ad was posted by a new hire at the company." [more inside]
Skip to “sir this is a Wendy’s” the minute you feel even slightly heated
Laura Jedeed on bar fights, protest trolls, and why punching a guy who is deliberately courting punches is a morally fine thing to do, it’s not pragmatically a good idea.
Bonus: Comedian Aamer Rahman on why punching nazis is better than debating them.
Jedeed has a thoughtful perspective on 21st century masculinity, with a generosity rooted (I think) in her experience of joining the U.S. military at age 18. “With every passing generation, men become weaker and more confused.” We are so used to rhetoric like that on the right that we no longer register how profoundly strange it is to feel that way about oneself.
Bonus: Comedian Aamer Rahman on why punching nazis is better than debating them.
Jedeed has a thoughtful perspective on 21st century masculinity, with a generosity rooted (I think) in her experience of joining the U.S. military at age 18. “With every passing generation, men become weaker and more confused.” We are so used to rhetoric like that on the right that we no longer register how profoundly strange it is to feel that way about oneself.
Brandon Johnson Prevails In Chicago Mayoral Race
Brandon Johnson has defeated Paul Vallas in a close race; here is reporting on ward-by-ward turnout and voting. In a race that was sort of a Teachers Union versus Police Union showdown, the teachers won. [more inside]
Un homme-orchestre
Franco-Ontarien singer Damien Robitaille crushing it with covers of various songs as a one man band. [more inside]
This study was in no way sponsored by Oreo.
Oreology (/ɔriːˈɒlədʒi/), from the Nabisco Oreo for “cookie” and the Greek rheo logia for “flow study,” is the study of the flow and fracture of sandwich cookies. With this work, we have studied the mechanics of splitting Oreo cookies when you hold one wafer fixed and twist the other. We measured the yield stress and failure mechanism of Oreo cookies, and influences on the cream distribution after twisting an Oreo open. With co-author Max Fan we developed an Oreometer (/ɔriːˈämədər/) for precise torsion of Oreos. [Introducing the Oreometer] [The Oreo Twister] [Full Research Paper] [MIT News Article] [Github with downloadable & printable files] [Wiki]
Afghanistan’s Ambassadors Fly the Flag Against the Taliban
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