Rick Rosner: Imagine you're talking to two guys in chat one-on-one. One of them mentions talking to Claude, the latest version of that model. How do you compare GPT‑4 to Claude in terms of quality? What did it say to you? GPT‑4 from OpenAI and Claude from Anthropic are two advanced language models with unique …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Did we discuss enough about how parenting has changed and will continue to change as our culture shifts dramatically? That's a significant issue. Rick Rosner: Throughout history, someone has always had to explain to a child who has reached sexual maturity how sex works, whether it's their first experience or not. But …
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Rick Rosner: Dave Chappelle gave the longest monologue in the history of SNL tonight and received a standing ovation. He mentioned regretting some of his past remarks—perhaps those made during the Trump era. I wish him luck and hope he gives the historically disenfranchised a fair chance. I also remember a snippet where he praised …
Rick Rosner: Okay, here goes: Think about how we are made of gossamer forces, yet torn apart by the wimpiest of a star's core, which had to exert immense pressure and heat sources. To form a nucleus containing more than a single hydro and heat. Once assembled, the nucleus attracts electrons held in place by …
Rick Rosner: Since we started talking, the diamond business has been entirely disrupted. You could make quarter-carat or half-carat diamonds in pressure chambers, which was when we first discussed this. But now, new technology lets you create flawless diamonds of arbitrary size for almost no money. There's even an alphabetic scale for the colour of …
Rick Rosner: Carole and I were watching the "Greatest Portrait Artist Competition" in England. In this show, artists from around the UK compete in portraiture. Tonight's subject was the performer who portrays Dame Edna Everage—a renowned drag performer. Carol thought he had died because the show is from 2021; apparently, he suffered a fall in …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I found an article in Mother Jones about AI becoming as powerful as human cognition by 2025 worth reading. The article is from 2013. The article was scaled up in search results somehow. Some parts of it could have been written ten years later. It uses Moore's law from 2013 to predict …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How do you feel about Trump's first stint in office? Rick Rosner: Trump is, as usual, making much noise. He's taking harmful actions—although, on rare occasions, one might argue that not everything he does is disastrous. What I find most disconcerting about his first week in office (roughly six days) is that the …
Rick Rosner: Let's shift to its politics. The estimated damage could reach around $100 billion by the time the fires are fully contained, and there will be a lot of blame. Republicans and Trump are trying to pin it on the mayor and Governor Newsom, and Fox News is echoing the same narrative. While there is …
Rick Rosner: We live in an age where oligarchs wield more control over politics, the products we consume, and our culture than ever before. The nature of that oligarchy is about to change in unprecedented ways in the coming years, as it will merge with the extra strategic and persuasive power of sophisticated AI. What …
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