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This is maybe a tangent, but it does remind me of the memes of how reddit responds to every relationship post with "leave them", every legal question with "lawyer up" etc.
The "as an italian american" response below (not mine: from X) also resembled a typical top-ranked reddit reply.
I do wonder how much impact Reddit culture has on LLMs — unlike many of the other data sources, it covers almost every imaginable topic.
I'm usually frustrated by these kinds of debates — individuals never get a chance to go into much depth because their time is so short, and I want to hear counters to the better points raised before they are dropped for lack of time.
But I thought a 2:2 was a large improvement over a 3:3 (which is what most debates in the past I'd seen). I didn't mind it. There was some depth.
I think for a general (non-less-wrong) audience, a 1:1 debate can have a trap that it's perceived more about the individuals and their personalities than the issue itself. A 2:2 feels (to me) like it keeps the issue in focus significantly more in perception than the people talking. Or at least, there's lower risk that an entire movement is viewed under one personality. I could be wrong.
In theatre I've seen this with 2-person scenes vs 4-person scenes. The 2-person scene is typically significantly more than double in potential for intimacy and feeling.
I'm always about a month behind on reading these posts (via RSS), so I don't typically comment, but your posts have been a highlight, lsusr. Thank you for sharing.
I love seeing crossovers between subjects like this, thanks Adamzerner.
People often complain about how rare it is to feel listened to, and I think this is a big part of it. You need to keep your stack small so that you’re shaping and pacing your own lines from their reactions. Listening is a key part of conversations even when you’re the one.... speaking.
I had a mild revelation last year in Improv class where they taught us “error handling” in the form of ”watch whether your partner’s face lights up” whenever you say a line.
It made me realise I was only listening to the words that people were saying in my “error handling”... (read more)
Ignoring the AGI question (which I don't think your post is implying), I think this depends on whether we're counting success as having the best model or having a successful business. The latter they seem to be only extending their lead so far, from what I can tell.
I thought they were in trouble last year, as Anthropic had the clearly-superior model for so long. Yet normal people didn't care at all, and still barely know the words "Claude" or "Gemini".
OpenAI are executing very well on the consumer product side of things^1, and from what I can tell that's the side that actually matters to non-enthusiasts. Non-enthusiasts don't seem to push the... (read more)