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Will new “generative AI” models like ChatGPT end up self-imploding in endless feedback loops? Check out this report by Samantha Murphy Kelly titled “Teachers are using AI to grade essays“. Hat tip: Brian Leiter. Below is my favorite part: And … Continue reading →

On this day (11 April) in 1727, Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion (BWV 244b) was performed for the first time at the Thomaskirche (Church of St. Thomas; see here), a Lutheran church in Leipzig (Electorate of Saxony).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws

What a time to be alive! If you would like to watch today’s solar eclipse virtually, NASA has a great option; hat tip: Dr Jamie Rodriguez: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/. Also, as it happens, today (April 8) is the 50th anniversary of Hank … Continue reading →