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23 October

Jennifer ShahadeKorrents 23 Oct

From one piece See the Sideways Move 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The value of divergence will increase as LLM-generated content becomes more prevalent.

LLMs

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As we are surrounded more and more with LLM generated text, images and ideas, the value of divergence will go up and up.

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Using LLMs for brainstorming may lead to a narrow path of predictable ideas.

LLMs

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What feels like a random, organic process may be leading us down a narrow path of cool sounding numbers and ideas.

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LLMs converge on popular patterns and themes rather than providing truly random results.

LLMs

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LLMs aren't trying to give you a random result, but a likely result, and their training data contains lots of sevens. So that's what you'll get. Again and again. Unless you prompt it not to.

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10 September

Jennifer ShahadeKorrents 10 Sept

From one piece See the Sideways Move 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The reason Elon Musk dislikes chess is that the game is inherently tied to its history.

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Instead, I think what irks Elon is that chess is so inherently tied to its history.

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The value of chess is linked to its history and cannot be improved using first principles.

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You can't use first principles to create a "better" chess. Its value is linked to its past.

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7 August

Jennifer ShahadeKorrents 7 Aug

From one piece See the Sideways Move 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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If the result replicates, intermediate poker players would likely benefit most from extra time.

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If replicated with a larger sample size, I bet intermediate players would benefit most from extra time: they have knowledge and instincts, but need time to put all the pieces together.

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Days are numbered for "play it by trust" poker tournaments.

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Days are numbered for "play it by trust"4 poker tournaments.

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Changing significant rules midway through a stressful tournament is a bad idea.

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The rationale was solid, but I disagree with changing significant rules midway through such a stressful tournament.

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28 July

Jennifer ShahadeKorrents 28 Jul

From one piece See the Sideways Move 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Effective prediction or influence of a decision requires knowing the values of the decision-maker.

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You can't predict or influence a decision effectively if you don't know the values of the decision-maker.

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It is difficult to judge or make a decision without understanding the values of the decision-maker.

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In Thinking Sideways, I talk about how hard it is to judge, or make a decision, without an understanding of the values of the decision-maker.

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16 June

Jennifer ShahadeKorrents 16 Jun

From one piece See the Sideways Move 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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AI-generated text allows authors to produce work much faster, which may lead to a shorter shelf life for most titles.

AI writing

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"Authors" using AI-generated text can pump out works much faster, meaning a shorter shelf life for all but the most popular titles.

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Erosion of trust can be more devastating than the act of cheating itself.

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Erosion of trust can be more devastating than the cheating itself.

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