Dean Mark Niles, of Seattle University School of Law, is stepping down as dean. He will return to the faculty of American University Law in Washington, DC, where he taught for a dozen years prior to assuming the Seattle deanship.
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Hi Dan, Actually, no, that the engine is next-token prediction does not entail that “there is only so much recycling,…
I’m a mathematician who works on AI research, though not specifically on training LLMs. Basically, we really don’t know what’s…
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I think we need to separate several different issues here: the future of the university, the future of education, the…
True enough, but at least with words, AI is training on whatever words are available. I’d still like some explanation…
Unless we accept dualism, ultimately any creative process comes down to high-level emergent consequences of a very complex system whose…
I just want to address this comment: > What initially presents itself as impressive intelligence can, upon closer inspection by…