I think it would be much more fruitful at this stage to build task-specific agents, such as flight booking, rather than generalist agents. To tackle the reliability problem your agent design has to be task-specific. Similar thoughts in this thread: twitter.com/lateinteractio…

Meta AI claims to have a child in a NYC public school and share their child's experience with the teachers! The reply is in response to a question looking for personal feedback in a private Facebook group for parents. Also, Meta's algorithm ranks it as the top comment! AI at Meta

Scholars aspire to expand the boundaries of knowledge but I must admit I've really enjoyed contracting the boundaries of knowledge. My favorite kind of research has involved questioning consensus. Do we really know what we think we know, or are we falling for hype and groupthink?

thanks Arvind Narayanan and Matthew Salganik for the support!

truly excited to be starting my cs phd at princeton this fall 🥳

The way a lot of ppl seem to see the world is:

- if things are getting bad, that's news
- if things have been bad but are getting better, that's also bad news
- if things are good, that's boring so it's not news

The problem with this approach isn't just that you persuade

One of the greatest MYTHS in cultural psychology is collectivists (e.g. Asians) don't compete––they are a kumbaya/harmonious/lovey dovey bunch who prioritize interpersonal relationships, unlike those individualistic Americans who are self-serving and competitive. 1