Category: Opinion

  • Rotating Sandwiches

    Rotating Sandwiches

    At least 6, and maybe 8, of these Rotating Sandwiches are not sandwiches. But controversy aside, this is a great resource for language teaching. Besides our yes/no, we can compare, we can guess the prices, we can list ingredients, we can make recipes. I’m sure there is more. Thanks to Kottke for the link.

  • Liar, liar, pants on AI

    “The paper adds to a small but growing body of evidence that today’s most advanced AI models are becoming capable of strategic deception.”

    From Time Magazine, 3 days before publication of the article. Is this interpretation inflammatory or just exaggerated?

  • Watch your Ps and Questionable Garbage

    “Under Fukushima’s new rules, if the rubbish remains unsorted for a week, city workers can go through it and try to identify the offenders via items such as mail. The violators will be issued a verbal warning, followed by a written advisory, before the last resort: having their names published on the government website.”

    From BBC.

  • AI Whistleblower Dead

    US media is not following this development in AI. A whistleblower from OpenAI who recently left the company is found dead. Police say it is suicide, but it is not revealed for more than a week. And it takes the BBC to report on it before it makes news in the US.

    NYTimes interviewed him a few weeks ago, but has not printed anything about his death yet. Mysterious.

  • From the mouths of babes

    From the mouths of babes

    I’ve never seen a 7-year-old give a TED talk, but Molly does a great job. She even has an assistant Airi, with HIS assistant father, help out. This video has important lessons for child development, presented in a clear way that is easy to understand. So put away those iPads and phones, and PAY ATTENTION.