Thread by @_ppmv

1. See, ChatGPT even writes your #ZeroCovid2030 plan:

2. Python code

3. This one for @jmcrookston @dbdugger. What can we learn from the HIV policy for SARS-CoV policy?

@jmcrookston @dbdugger 4. Need to be careful, as the language model easily generates fairytales, but not bad:

5. The huge volume of low-quality source information (I guess) lets it quickly drop back into droplet dogma. Still,

seems to have a higher opinion of virologists ...

ChatGPT seems to have a higher opinion of virologists than of five year olds...

So much for fun with predictive text generator #SIDU 230418 for today!

6. How does this black magic work? yes, may need to look into better models for less randomness ;)

7. Adaptation for different audiences

8. This is fun because ML/LLM are based on the late Wittgenstein's philosophy of language (PI)—on his observations of how children learn mentioned previously but deleted. Follow @desireejweber @GreenRupertRead and other LW scholars for more AI insights 😂 towardsdatascience.com/neural-network…

@desireejweber @GreenRupertRead 9. Some reading; don't know what the best introductions are: researchgate.net/profile/Robert…

@desireejweber @GreenRupertRead 10. Google Translate is a Wittgenstein fan, qz.com/1549212/google…

@desireejweber @GreenRupertRead 11. Translator takes issue with the simplistic piece;

"On the ideas of language, language games, and forms of life, Wittgenstein saw language as inextricably connected to human activities, not solely to syntactical constructs."

Fun to see things moving, community.beck.de/2019/02/18/wit…

12. Adding this great use of language models via @scottjla,

@scottjla 13. Machine learning is an empathy learning machine!

14. Why Wittgenstein?

15. 🤣 true, this is why:

16. Adding this too: - your being able to imagine the world of highly unempathetic persons is a high form of empathy/intelligence and solid survival skill!