I heard a reporter from Axios interviewed on NPR the other day (Marketplace Tech, I think) talking about how the tech companies are putting out new models every 6 months to 1 year and how each model is more "powerful" than the previous.
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And then finally there is the sense of powerful like an engine that generates power --- this is, I think, the deepest fantasy: you, the user (or better yet owner), have access to the "raw power" of the model.
So I urge journalists and others who are tempted to describe models as "powerful" (or transcribe the PR copy of the companies that call them "powerful") to reflect on what you think that means, and what evidence you have that it is true.
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@emilymbender yeah. I really suspect it's mostly the consumption.= aspect. it *must* be more powerful because it consumes so much power, like revving your loud gas-guzzling V8 hemi to show off
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And then finally there is the sense of powerful like an engine that generates power --- this is, I think, the deepest fantasy: you, the user (or better yet owner), have access to the "raw power" of the model.
So I urge journalists and others who are tempted to describe models as "powerful" (or transcribe the PR copy of the companies that call them "powerful") to reflect on what you think that means, and what evidence you have that it is true.
/fin
@emilymbender which one word would you use?
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@emilymbender which one word would you use?
@fuzzy Why do you think there should be one word? Specificity is what is required here.
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@fuzzy Why do you think there should be one word? Specificity is what is required here.
@emilymbender I don't believe that there should be a single word, but which one word would you use (instead of "powerful")?
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I heard a reporter from Axios interviewed on NPR the other day (Marketplace Tech, I think) talking about how the tech companies are putting out new models every 6 months to 1 year and how each model is more "powerful" than the previous.
This got me thinking about what it means when we describe technology and this technology in particular as "powerful".
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@emilymbender Marketplace Tech segments have been enthusiastically promoting AI for over two years. I don't recall anything approaching a tough question for any guests or unbiased journalism.
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@emilymbender I don't believe that there should be a single word, but which one word would you use (instead of "powerful")?
@fuzzy Which property of the models are you trying to label? .My thread was about how that word is being used with insidious ambiguity.
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@emilymbender not to argue - but Google I think is showing in some ways power in how some of its proof of concept tools do planning and action sequences. Generating text is the first iteration, then the chat response model/training, and the combination of tool use and planning seems to be a leap forward. Claude code, open claw and others are versions of AutoGPT - just kind of ripping off agile workflows for execution. I would say when the model can “consider” what to do, then execute using external tools - that’s a version of power. It’s the aspect that should excite and worry us. It does it with confidence, and not poorly in some limited cases.
These kinds of tools tend to amaze me. They are a step beyond. I think as they train on more tokens they are just seeing a side effect of things like this working better, being able to read documents and file tax forms. Agreed to be very skeptical because it’s marketing hype and Claude has clogged the internet with paid astroturfing. It’s disgusting.
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@joe @emilymbender bro, you need to slow tf down, and learn a bit more about whom you're correcting. Tuck your ego back in your pants, and don't try to "not to argue" argue your talking points.
Knock it off.
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@joe @emilymbender bro, you need to slow tf down, and learn a bit more about whom you're correcting. Tuck your ego back in your pants, and don't try to "not to argue" argue your talking points.
Knock it off.
@fartnuggets @emilymbender lol I knew it, you can’t discuss anything on social media. Gender is more important. Thanks for putting me in my place.
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@fartnuggets @emilymbender lol I knew it, you can’t discuss anything on social media. Gender is more important. Thanks for putting me in my place.
@fartnuggets @emilymbender literally didn’t “correct” anyone. This is peak social media. Love when men attack men for existing in spaces.
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@joe "Not to argue but" ... argue argue argue google PR argue argue
@emilymbender you’re right, being objective is silly.
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@emilymbender you’re right, being objective is silly.
@emilymbender you used the word evidence… it’s wild. Sorry I forgot I was wrong anyways. I can’t possibly be right.
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@fartnuggets @emilymbender lol I knew it, you can’t discuss anything on social media. Gender is more important. Thanks for putting me in my place.
@joe @emilymbender Not to argue, but thinking before you open your mouth is a good idea. Correcting an expert with a profound expertise, based on a misread of their posts, however, is not.
Gender only comes into it because men do this all the fucking time.
You'd be just as much of an ignorant moron correcting a man, and you'd fail to learn anything just the same. It's just got that special sprinkle of privilege on top when you do it to Dr Bender
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@fartnuggets @emilymbender literally didn’t “correct” anyone. This is peak social media. Love when men attack men for existing in spaces.
@fartnuggets @emilymbender I was said to giving PR. I think I’m supposed to be mansplaining. Just tell me to kill my self. This is what social media is about - making each other feel bad.
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@joe @emilymbender Not to argue, but thinking before you open your mouth is a good idea. Correcting an expert with a profound expertise, based on a misread of their posts, however, is not.
Gender only comes into it because men do this all the fucking time.
You'd be just as much of an ignorant moron correcting a man, and you'd fail to learn anything just the same. It's just got that special sprinkle of privilege on top when you do it to Dr Bender
@fartnuggets @emilymbender I am sorry please give me more orders
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@fartnuggets @emilymbender lol I knew it, you can’t discuss anything on social media. Gender is more important. Thanks for putting me in my place.
@joe @emilymbender it's also fascinating that you're the one bringing gender into it. Bravo, you've somehow embodied the stereotype even more profoundly.
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@fartnuggets @emilymbender I am sorry please give me more orders
@fartnuggets @emilymbender I didn’t correct her. I tried to talk to someone on social media. This is insanity.
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@fartnuggets @emilymbender I didn’t correct her. I tried to talk to someone on social media. This is insanity.
@fartnuggets @emilymbender forgot this was about posting hot takes and personal attacks. Carry on. You’re saying that AI is bad I think?
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@fartnuggets @emilymbender literally didn’t “correct” anyone. This is peak social media. Love when men attack men for existing in spaces.
@joe @fartnuggets @emilymbender
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