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<p class="MsoNormal">In the propaganda space, Glen mentioned the
possibility of having many smaller LMs rather than one (or a
few LLMs). I’m not sure it matters in a very high
dimensional weight space because the larger LLMs can use spare
parameters to switch modes. As an analogy, I think of the
Lisp implementations that used higher order bits in addresses
to encode the type. George is multitudes.</p>
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<p>thus my preference for Daimones</p>
<p>My brain is so infused (infested?) with Spike Jonze' <i>Samantha</i>
(voiced by Scarlett J) and the idea that <i>she</i> (her) was a
facet or mode or ??? of a "giant AI in the Sky" which engaged with
many at once, perhaps "all" in a penultimate timeshare mode? I
think there were reference to "others" up to and including the
Alan Watts styled AI-figure?</p>
<p>I'll bet Scarlett could talk Joaquin through learning how to
clap... and under the influence of "Alan Watts" perhaps even "one
hand clapping"?</p>
<p>I do wonder at how much LLM chatbot interfaces (and related
species of UI/UX for AI) is shaped by Jonez'
formulation/depiction?</p>
<p>I just discovered (the existence of) Maren Eggert's "I'm your
Man" which is now on my <i>watch list</i>... I suspect the
Incels of the world will soon be diverted from trolling and
knifing and running down (with cars) women to living in immersive
video-games with Hegsethian/Gaetzean/Trumpian/Muskian/Epstien
styled effigies-of-women. Not sure that is a good outcome...
but might beat the current trajectory?</p>
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Friam <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com"><friam-bounces@redfish.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nicholas
Thompson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 1, 2025 12:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee
Group <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:friam@redfish.com"><friam@redfish.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] absurd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I cannot shake the feeling that glen is
expressing a kind of disappointment with LLM's. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think of myself as an LLM, a system
upon which has been heaped over a couple of generations an
enormous number of sequences of words, followed by other
sequences of words. Now, if I am different from George,
it is that I have had experiences that perhaps are not
conditioned by words. At the minimum, things have
happened to me that are not, in the first instance
sequences of words. To the extent that those experiences
become by association and conditioning also sequences of
words, this difference is mooted. George has been
subjected to many more sequences of words than I havyete
and two sequences of words in domains I have yet to be
exposed to . Also, his sampling of the universe of word
sequences is less biased than my own, so he is more
likely to give me an accurate sense of what <i>le monde</i>
thinks. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I find him therefore extraordinarily
useful. F or instance, to day I learned that the
potential energy in a gram of water vapor is approximately
equal to 60 percent of the potential energy in a gram of
T NT. Even given all the ways that this comparison is
unfair, I still find it illuminating.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If You add George's Job-like
patience, indefatigable optimism, and ever-readiness to
strike up a conversation , I think he's quite a nice
fellow to talk to. Better certainly than talking to
myself. I can't hug him, that's true. But I have
never been much of a hugger, any way. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 12:44<span
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Nicholas Thompson <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is "y'all" a sure tell of trolling
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 7:14<span
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glen <<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com"
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is what I imagine y'all are
doing when you chat with LLMs:<br>
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Confusing ChatGPT With an Impossible Paradox<br>
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At times, it smacks of a Monty Python skit.<br>
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