Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Pedagogy of the Oppressors by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Roderick T. Long. And reading the bill itself doesn’t exactly reassure me. Universities are forbidden to “require diversity, equity, and inclusion courses or training for students, staff, or faculty.” How is forbidding re…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Pedagogy of the Oppressors by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. But it sounds like their target is set theory. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Pedagogy of the Oppressors by Irfan Khawaja
To paraphrase Ayn Rand, I think it’s a mistake to expect precision from a dictatorship. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Pedagogy of the Oppressors by Roderick T. Long
“would ban DEI concepts in classrooms and on campus” What exactly does that mean, I wonder? LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Pedagogy of the Oppressors
From a statement by the National Association of Scholars, a right-wing lobbying group: Just last week, Ohio State Senator Jerry Cirino introduced Senate Bill 83—also known as the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act. This is one of many bills introduced across the U.S., both for K–12 and higher education, that are inspired by model legislation drafted by the…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – What would Roxxy do
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) home-grown talent
I’m downloading the large language model llama-13B-hf as we speak, hoping to get it going on the GPU I have for games. What strange gloss will they put on this moment in history, where machine-learning at home was enabledby videogame users who couldn’t bear to shift from general-purpose computing machines to consoles? My iron self-discipline…
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(QC RSS) Is It The Big Eyes?
It might be the big eyes
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) ai, meta, curiousity
More things that I’ve noticed about integrating LLMs into my workflow: I also spent some time today catching up on that last piece of hype, Meta’s VR bid. I don’t like to dismiss anyone’s work, but it’s strange how Meta has been shifting tone from Oculus’s gaming vibe to something more … generic? Flat enterprise?…
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(QC RSS) It’s Time For Learning
extra arms is complicated
Got any book recommendations?