Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Well, let me give a brief preface. I work around 14 to 18 hours a day because I don't sleep much, averaging 16 or so, 7 days a week. However, I no longer stress as much as I used to. I take better care of myself now, which is a significant improvement. …
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Rick Rosner: So you just said that Chat GPT-3 is up now. Is that the deal? That's Chat GPT-4.0. 4.0. So, what is it being touted as? What are the improvements over the previous version? Scott Douglas Jacobsen: It appears to be better at analyzing and generating sound, text, and images, especially in speed. Rosner: Everything …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Yes. The basic premise is that these large-scale models were introduced only very recently. Despite their recent emergence, updates are being released rapidly, often within a year of each other. Each update is seen as a significant leap forward in accuracy, ease of conversation, depth of processing, speed of processing, and other aspects. …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 955: Grammatical Understanding Versus Real Comprehension
Rick Rosner: Okay, so it’s a common sentiment, shared by many, that there appears to be a higher percentage of individuals in the United States who embrace irrational beliefs than ever before. This isn’t about beliefs that later lack evidence, such as historical medical theories like humour or certain aspects of religion. Rather, it’s about …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 954: Global Aging Brains and Poor Literacy Skills
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: I want to distinguish between four points of contact: one, symbol systems; two, representation; three, mathematical principles; and four, principles of existence. When you hear those four concepts, what do they trigger for you? Rick Rosner: They trigger thoughts of more efficient ways of representing certain aspects of the world because the brain takes …
Rosner: Part two of the discussion on Trump versus Biden focuses solely on Trump. I argued this morning on Pod TV that Trump aims to replace taxes with tariffs, which is a disastrous idea. It’s highly inflationary as most costs get passed on to consumers. For example, if a $10,000 tariff is imposed on cars …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 952: Round Two! President Biden and Former President Trump
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: President Biden and former President Trump are the oldest candidates in American history. Before them, they set the record. So, it’s very unusual to observe American politics from a distance. What are some of your thoughts on the context? Rick Rosner: They have the first presidential debate of this cycle in 10 days. Each …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 951: President Biden Versus Former President Trump
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: So, I'm going through my book and talking, which is set like ten years in the future, about what life might be like then. You said to plug Carole's book, too. I've been working on this thing for years and years; you could argue for decades because I'm taking much stuff from …
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: I was talking about the square root law of mesh networks, which states that the efficiency of people whose brains are linked is proportional to the square root of the number of people in the network. Black box-ness. So, we see this with AI and Google Translate, where AI can be effective, …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 911: The Square Root Law of Mesh Networks
[Recording Start] Rick Rosner: So, you should know that the main character is a celebrity and, to some extent, an industrialist who has used his celebrity to be the figurehead of a sizeable semi-insidious tech corporation, mainly in the 2030s; that is the period I am writing about. One of the things that he has access to …
Continue reading Ask A Genius 910: Rick’s Book is About a Celebrity
Rick Rosner 