LLMs are bad theories of human linguistic cognition but can be useful proxies for less bad ones. Here's how and why it might be useful: arxiv.org/abs/2502.07687 Joint paper with Nur Lan, Emmanuel Chemla, and Roni Katzir

do not build Infinite Jest (V), do not build the infinite AI TikTok slop machine, do not build the P-zombie AI boy/girlfriend, do not build the child-eating short-form video blackhole, do not build the human-feedback-optimized diffusion transformer porn generator. save yourselves

זהו מחר רק צריך פרשת הונאה בגבעתרון ונוכל לבצע מעבר מסודר של חילופי הגמוניות

finally, we're living through precedented times