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Jacob Aron

@jjaron

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News editor for New Scientist

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Joined January 2009
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@jjaron
Jacob Aron
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And this is why I am yet to find a use for LLMs
@colin_fraser
Colin Fraser
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anyway I guess as long as whatever thing you're doing has the property that it can withstand a factual error rate of ≥85%, this thing is safe to use
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Jacob Aron
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This ain't gonna happen
@SpcPlcyOnline
Marcia Smith
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"We will pursue our manifest detinty into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars." President Trump in his inaugural address just now.
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Jacob Aron
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@Miles_Brundage Do people not discuss this all the time? It's the origin of the singularity, p(doom), etc. Or am I misunderstanding?
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Jacob Aron
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Hahaha what?!
@verge
The Verge
23 days
Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok
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Jacob Aron
24 days
"plan" is doing a lot of work here
@sgfmann
George Mann
24 days
The Guardian: Tory plan to build 40 new NHS hospitals in tatters #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Jacob Aron
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@ShakeelHashim Fair enough! Seems great that AI can get rid of those 900 hours of work then
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Jacob Aron
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@ShakeelHashim How long did it take you? Did you get, say, 9 hours of value?
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Jacob Aron
26 days
@sepinwall Great piece, thank you
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Jacob Aron
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RT @sepinwall: I wrote about how strange and wonderful it was that the incredible Twin Peaks briefly dragged David Lynch into the mainstrea…
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Jacob Aron
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@Darren_Mooney I think we've seen 2, 3 and 5 on screen. Not sure how many years canonically have passed since the Netflix show (and really it would be silly to try and fully unify these timelines) but it's not impossible the others are from his off screen years I suppose
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Jacob Aron
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@AScribbledEagle Yes, that's my point
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Jacob Aron
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@colin_fraser I'll hold it down with an unstoppable force
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Jacob Aron
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My leader this week is a cheerful one: it is time to accept that we have broken the climate, and for us to look at what comes next
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Jacob Aron
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RT @aarmlovi: Congestion pricing coverage is peak economics Every person is like, "I didn't used to bear the external costs of my behavior…
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Jacob Aron
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@stokel Imagine that smile on every video
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Jacob Aron
28 days
If this doesn't explain how he became an expert in Parisian sewers then there is no reason for it to exist
@TheAVClub
The A.V. Club
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Les Misérables' Jean Valjean is basically a superhero already and now he’s getting the requisite origin story to boot.
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Jacob Aron
28 days
If ChatGPT had a way to reliably ingest RSS, this could potentially be useful...but as far as I'm aware, it doesn't
@OpenAI
OpenAI
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Today we’re rolling out a beta version of tasks—a new way to ask ChatGPT to do things for you at a future time. Whether it's one-time reminders or recurring actions, tell ChatGPT what you need and when, and it will automatically take care of it.
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