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For non thinking/agentic models, they must 1-shot the answer. So every token it outputs is part of the response, even if it's wrong.

This is why people are getting different results with thinking models -- it's as if you were going to be asked ANY question and need to give the correct answer all at once, full stream-of-consciousness.

Yes there are perverse incentives, but I wonder why these sorts of models are available at all tbh.

What makes these sites "hyperpartisan" is that they are directly funded by candidates or PACs that support them.

My read: it's in their interest to seem balanced until the moment that it matters--when covering candidates or policy.

I could be wrong, but I've always thought this was connected to Burning Man (masks are functional there).

Obama was also the "tech" president. I wonder to what extent this increased surveillance is a result of the scalability advantages software brings. More than all previous presidents combined is pretty significant. Did he spend that much more?

The premise of "The Three Body Problem" is that the fastest way to make a technological leap is to find another species that has already developed the technology. Even seeing what can be done would make a huge impact. China's effort in the article parallels what happens in the book. Surprising that they don't mention this when talking about the motivations of billionaires and nation-states.

The point of this is what is known as model-based learning. Basically, the long-term goal is to be able to predict the output of a given action (jumping, walking left, etc.) by an AI agent. When you can do this, then the agent doesn't need to die to know that jumping down a hole will end the game-- it can predict it. Once you've done this, AI techniques like that of Watson can control robots. They won't need to kill someone to know that driving a pole through a head is no good. They'll be able to 'reason' it out.

And then there's roommates... I used to pay $600 a month for an SF house, and did this by having 2 roommates and a live-in girlfriend. Saved enough for a house. Much comes down to delayed gratification.

I'd say that the ability to play any song (with playlists) without needing to install anything (Spotify) or pay money (Rhapsody) is the reason.