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The Computing Platform Underlying AI [audio]

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Re: The Computing Platform Underlying AI [audio]

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host here. thanks for sharing Tim. highlights for me: Nvidia founding story, his pov on the durability of transformers, the two ways he runs nvidia (shipping reliable chips and exploring new fringe applications), and the apps he’s interested in (eg climate modeling, bio).

feedback and guest suggestions?

Re: The Computing Platform Underlying AI [audio]

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The podcast opened with a completely, utterly false statement, then I closed the tab. Try to stick to the facts, AI VC boosters.

what’s the false statement?

Not the OP, but the podcast opens with a pull-quote of sorts (spoken by the host) about how LLMs, for the first time, allow people to program via natural language. This is an exaggeration, but not much of one. I've generated usable Python code with ChatGPT, for example.

I think it's important to note that the whole point of having an opening like this is to intrigue you into listening to the podcast. So of course it's going to be a slightly shocking quote.

Re: The Computing Platform Underlying AI [audio]

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what’s the false statement?

Not the OP, but the podcast opens with a pull-quote of sorts (spoken by the host) about how LLMs, for the first time, allow people to program via natural language. This is an exaggeration, but not much of one. I've generated usable Python code with ChatGPT, for example. I think it's important to note that the whole point of having an opening like this is to intrigue you into listening to the podcast. So of course it'…

A lot of people who can’t code can now use LLMs to generate usable code, so it doesn’t seem totally wrong? Example: https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1649477099353411585?s=46...