I’m a bit surprised someone didn’t post it last year when it was published? Or maybe it was deleted. Anyway, it’s a good article and a good analogy. Chiang doesn’t write about some other uses of...
I’m a bit surprised someone didn’t post it last year when it was published? Or maybe it was deleted. Anyway, it’s a good article and a good analogy.
Chiang doesn’t write about some other uses of AI chatbots. For example: I haven’t used it this way myself, but apparently you can give an AI chatbot some text in another language and ask it to translate it for you. Some LLM’s have better language skills than others, and computer translation is far from perfect, so there’s something that’s still blurry about it. But the analogy to JPEGs breaks down a bit, because a JPEG isn’t also Photoshop, and an AI chatbot is also a text-processing tool.
The analogy to JPEGs works better when you’re using AI chat as a sort of search engine for hints.
Wow, I'm not used to seeing such accurate and well-explained computer science content in mainstream media. I wasn't familiar with him, but the the author is a science fiction writer with a...
Wow, I'm not used to seeing such accurate and well-explained computer science content in mainstream media. I wasn't familiar with him, but the the author is a science fiction writer with a bachelors degree in CS and an impressive Wikipedia page.
Props to him for a great analogy and ability to explain this stuff so clearly.
Ted Chiang's theology is also probably more accurate than a lot of modern Christian writing, from Hell Is The Absence Of God. His short stories are all really, really intriguing.i hope folks who...
Ted Chiang's theology is also probably more accurate than a lot of modern Christian writing, from Hell Is The Absence Of God. His short stories are all really, really intriguing.i hope folks who liked the movie Arrival will also read the original story for a compare and contrast.
Because of a comment on Tildes a month or so ago, I picked up the whole collection that both those stories are in and I am loving it. He has such a developed, well-reasoned stance in the stories...
Because of a comment on Tildes a month or so ago, I picked up the whole collection that both those stories are in and I am loving it. He has such a developed, well-reasoned stance in the stories that is refreshing and absolutely enthralling. I, as someone interested in theologies, found Hell Is The Absence Of God to be a riveting, grounded take on Christian theology in the circumstances.
Heck yeah, Ted Chiang is great. I can't recommend Stories of Your Life and Others enough if you haven't checked it out. I read it for a book club once and it was fantastic. Any fans of Philip K....
Heck yeah, Ted Chiang is great. I can't recommend Stories of Your Life and Others enough if you haven't checked it out. I read it for a book club once and it was fantastic. Any fans of Philip K. Dick will likely enjoy reading Chiang.
I’m a bit surprised someone didn’t post it last year when it was published? Or maybe it was deleted. Anyway, it’s a good article and a good analogy.
Chiang doesn’t write about some other uses of AI chatbots. For example: I haven’t used it this way myself, but apparently you can give an AI chatbot some text in another language and ask it to translate it for you. Some LLM’s have better language skills than others, and computer translation is far from perfect, so there’s something that’s still blurry about it. But the analogy to JPEGs breaks down a bit, because a JPEG isn’t also Photoshop, and an AI chatbot is also a text-processing tool.
The analogy to JPEGs works better when you’re using AI chat as a sort of search engine for hints.
Wow, I'm not used to seeing such accurate and well-explained computer science content in mainstream media. I wasn't familiar with him, but the the author is a science fiction writer with a bachelors degree in CS and an impressive Wikipedia page.
Props to him for a great analogy and ability to explain this stuff so clearly.
Ah, Ted Chiang. He wrote the short story on which Arrival movie was based on.
Ted Chiang's theology is also probably more accurate than a lot of modern Christian writing, from Hell Is The Absence Of God. His short stories are all really, really intriguing.i hope folks who liked the movie Arrival will also read the original story for a compare and contrast.
Because of a comment on Tildes a month or so ago, I picked up the whole collection that both those stories are in and I am loving it. He has such a developed, well-reasoned stance in the stories that is refreshing and absolutely enthralling. I, as someone interested in theologies, found Hell Is The Absence Of God to be a riveting, grounded take on Christian theology in the circumstances.
Heck yeah, Ted Chiang is great. I can't recommend Stories of Your Life and Others enough if you haven't checked it out. I read it for a book club once and it was fantastic. Any fans of Philip K. Dick will likely enjoy reading Chiang.