In a world of digital rationality, I’m glad teenage engineering are here to design the absurd and analog. It doesn’t make rational sense - and I think that’s the point
“ They cannot distinguish "unknown" from "false". Missing information is silently assumed away.
They are not consistent. The same scenario, rephrased, can produce a different answer.
They hallucinate citations. Article numbers that sound right but don't exist“
I don’t agree with all of these reasons why LLMs would fail at tax law. Maybe 2 yrs ago this held true but not now
You can determine and store missing data. create a structured output and ground it in actual tax law and use and cite only that knowledge base
There is also a general mindset of worklife balance and enjoyment from life.
as someone who spends a lot of time in Spain but lives in the US, the Spanish prioritize social interaction much more than the US (sweeping statement I know) - you go to many towns and cities in Spain and locals are socializing multiple nights per week in vibrant bars and cafes an having so much fun. London has a bit of this with pub culture but less family friendly.
The US on the other hand, the focus is on work and friends rarely get together and we study why people are socializing less (bowling alone etc. ).
I can relate to this so much! IMHO Foursquare genuinely did gve the better recommendations for food and drink and I still think this recommendation problem is far from solved.
I don’t disagree with you, but this has been going on for a while…
Google monetized the the by indexing it and monetized what you wanted to find.
Facebook monetized the eyeballs from the pictures and posts you added.
Now LLMs will monetize all web content.
To play devil’s advocate - LLMs do give something back. Those with ideas and no coding experience can now build entire businesses for little to zero cost. This seems different
It does feel like the collaborative, free open nature of the web has gone and the optimism that brought… it feels like no one would build Foursquare today.
But then I wonder if I’m just old an jaded and to the younger generation creating content, for them the web is open and expressive- just in a different way
The natural world was not meaningfully abundant… Way before the industrial revolution land which was once used for opening hunting was closed off by the ruling class. Even before the Industrial Revolution you had a new class of merchant and factory owners who earned riches to buy land and keep the poor from hunting on it. Much of the natural resources out of reach for the majority and only accessible by those with deep pockets
What’s interesting is this feature (Spotify DJ) really excels when you give it qualitative input “workout music that pairs well with a sunrise” - and can deliver stronger results that hunting for a playlists
I’m fairly certain Spotify’s core meta data adheres to the US music industry largely set / reinforby Nielsen.
I’m curious why the author would want to happen with the feature if not move from 1 artist to another
I wouldnt have inagined AI overviews would impact tech news site heavily.
I can say personally I have gone from being a daily reader of sites like The Verge to virtually never visiting, the experience and quality of the content fell off a cliff and I try to seek out more meaningful content. Maybe this is a story more about people having alternatives and the rise of Substack and seeking out quality over dross?
To play devils advocate - why should a government supplier and private company (Anthropic) and 1 man there - get to decide what an organization with elected officials can and can’t do?
Dario has no idea of threats facing the US and where national security needs to go.
Dario has personal views on weapons and surveillance- that’s fine but national defense tactics by their nature is something many people are uncomfortable with.
I agree in part with the hype train thesis, but what I hear is that open claw is better at solving problems and people love the interaction pattern - that may not be any new invention but it is what will mean we go from having Claude Desktop use mainly by engineers to something used by many. This will not be the final iteration of it, but it seems to be the direction of this to come
These glasses are doing incredibly well from a sales perspective. Social norms have shifted, user generated content is huge, being a video influencer is a real job - so seeing people filming is more accepted than 12 yea ago.
It doesn’t mean I like it but these are not going away. I do think they lack a killer app, but there’s a part there with conversational AI that can act on your behalf
Fundamentally how is this any different from what Google or Meta or Comcast or AT&T do? Comcast knows everything that goes to the TV and sells that data.
At&T sells your browsing data…
Those are services you pay for monthly.
Sure the method is different but it’s the same goal. Company x learns your interests so It can monetize you by selling to advertisers
This has been my go to podcast for bedtime or when I can’t sleep… the broad topics, depth of discussion and tone are all fantastic… the ONLY thing that bugs me is the volume of guests microphones not being equalized, so you get some guests on the same episode being so much quieter than others