Author Archives: TheZvi

Childhood and Education Roundup #5

Posted on April 17, 2024 by TheZvi

For this iteration I will exclude discussions involving college or college admissions. There has been a lot of that since the last time I did one of these, along with much that I need to be careful with lest I … Continue reading →

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Monthly Roundup #17: April 2024

Posted on April 15, 2024 by TheZvi

As always, a lot to get to. This is everything that wasn’t in any of the other categories. Bad News You might have to find a way to actually enjoy the work. Greg Brockman (President of OpenAI): Sustained great work … Continue reading →

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AI #59: Model Updates

Posted on April 11, 2024 by TheZvi

Claude uses tools now. Gemini 1.5 is available to everyone and Google promises more integrations. GPT-4-Turbo gets substantial upgrades. Oh and new model from Mistral, TimeGPT for time series, and also new promising song generator. No, none of that adds … Continue reading →

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RTFB: On the New Proposed CAIP AI Bill

Posted on April 10, 2024 by TheZvi

A New Bill Offer Has Arrived Center for AI Policy proposes a concrete actual model bill for us to look at.

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Medical Roundup #2

Posted on April 9, 2024 by TheZvi

Previously: #1 It feels so long ago that Covid and health were my beat, and what everyone often thought about all day, rather than AI. Yet the beat goes on. With Scott Alexander at long last giving us what I … Continue reading →

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On the 2nd CWT with Jonathan Haidt

Posted on April 5, 2024 by TheZvi

It was clear within the first ten minutes this would be a rich thread to draw from. In my childhood and education roundups, and of course with my own kids, I have been dealing with the issues Haidt talks about … Continue reading →

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AI #58: Stargate AGI

Posted on April 4, 2024 by TheZvi

Another round? Of economists projecting absurdly small impacts, of Google publishing highly valuable research, a cycle of rhetoric, more jailbreaks, and so on. Another great podcast from Dwarkesh Patel, this time going more technical. Another proposed project with a name … Continue reading →

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Fertility Roundup #3

Posted on April 2, 2024 by TheZvi

Previous Fertility Roundups: #1, #2. The pace seems to be doing this about twice a year. The actual situation changes slowly, so presumably the pace of interesting new things should slow down over time from here.

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Notes on Dwarkesh Patel’s Podcast with Sholto Douglas and Trenton Bricken

Posted on April 1, 2024 by TheZvi

Dwarkesh Patel continues to be on fire, and the podcast notes format seems like a success, so we are back once again.

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AI #57: All the AI News That’s Fit to Print

Posted on March 28, 2024 by TheZvi

Welcome, new readers! This is my weekly AI post, where I cover everything that is happening in the world of AI, from what it can do for you today (‘mundane utility’) to what it can promise to do for us … Continue reading →

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