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Open source LLMs are catching up (News)
Open Source LLMs vs Chat GPT: A Systematic Review
AI Key Takeaways
- One year after chat GPT brought a seismic shift in the entire landscape of AI, a group of researchers set out to test claims that its open source rivals had achieved parity or even better on certain tasks.
- In the linked paper, they provide an exhaustive overview of this success, surveying all tasks where an open source LLM has claimed to be on par or better than chat GPT.
- Their conclusion? Quote, In this survey, we deliver a systematic review on high-performing open source LLMs that surpass or catch up with chat GPT in various task domains.
- In addition, we provide insights, analysis, and potential issues of open source LLMs.
- We believe that this survey sheds light on promising directions of open source LLMs.
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#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
The importance of execution in growing social media
AI Key Takeaways
- The speaker believes that helping people spread a service to their friends is important for growth.
- Twitter has not been able to execute on this strategy, while TikTok has reached more than a billion people.
- The speaker is interested in the idea of more decentralized control in social media and believes it could be an interesting experiment to run on a larger scale.
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Why Kim Scott thinks you need to ask for feedback
How to Ask for Feedback
AI Key Takeaways
- Soliciting feedback is important, no matter what role you play.
- To be successful at soliciting feedback, you need to think about the words you will use, embrace the discomfort, make sure you're listening with the intent to understand, and reward cand.
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HIBT Lab! OpenAI: Sam Altman
Why did OpenAI become a For Profit organization?
AI Key Takeaways
- In 2019, Sam formed a for profit wing of OpenAI, which some people didn't like because it changed the nonprofit's mission.
- The for profit wing needed more money than OpenAI could raise as a nonprofit, and so Sam decided to turn to capitalism to get the resources it needed.
- OpenAI has safeguards in place to prevent a race condition, in case another effort becomes too powerful.
- Equity in OpenAI is distributed fairly, with the world's safety in mind.
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73: The linguistic map is not the linguistic territory
Dialects in linguistics and its connotations
AI Key Takeaways
- Dialect is a neutral term, but it has various connotations.
- Variety is a less loaded term that dialect when referring to different varieties.
- Languages are equally old, and all varieties come back to a common ancest.
- Dialects can be reclaimed in the other direction, but all varieties are equally old.
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Amazon Web Services
The Origin of the Term “Cloud Computing”
AI Key Takeaways
- The term 'cloud' as applied to IT infrastructure started at General Magic.
- They called what they built for a distributed, always accessible back end IT infrastructure a cloud infrastructure.
- General Magic was a pioneer in many ways.
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#139 Laurie Santos: The Pursuit of Happiness
Does Community & Religion Make You Happier?
AI Key Takeaways
- Religion has been shown to be correlated with happiness on average, but this is mostly due to the religious behaviors that are involved, not from the religious beliefs themselves.
- There are many other institutions that can provide the same benefits as religion, such as crossfit groups or spiritual communities.
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#60 Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line
How to Make Clear Commitments/Agreements
AI Key Takeaways
- Clear commitments are necessary between two or more people.
- Agreements can also be made with oneself.
- Leaders often lack clear agreements with themselves.
- Examples of clear commitments include specific goals and daily habits.
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David Senra - Passion & Pain - [Invest Like the Best, EP.292]
Ego in Successful Entrepreneurs
AI Key Takeaways
- The book 'Steve Jobs and the Next Big Thing' covers the 13 years Jobs spent away from Apple and was written by Randall Strauss
- The book portrays Jobs as a gifted entrepreneur making every wrong decision possible
- One of Jobs' first hires at Next was an interior designer for the office
- It's easy for a person's ego to get the best of them as they become more admired for their work
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Dear LK: We bought a dog instead of rescuing one. It cost me a friend
The Benefit of Maintaining Relationships with People Who Think Differently Than We Do
AI Key Takeaways
- It is helpful to have a complex understanding of where other people are coming from in order to be more effective in advocating for something.
- It is also helpful to have a grounded understanding of where other people are coming from in order to build relationships with them.
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