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ilostmyshoes··on BioGPT: A language model pre-trained on large-scale biomedical literature
Because I'm a scientist and I've used several of these models. I see how they perform and it isn't even close to being useful, in fact in some cases it could be harmful if someone who doesn't know the material already believes the nonsense it spits out
ilostmyshoes··on BioGPT: A language model pre-trained on large-scale biomedical literature
Understanding basic grammar isn't even close to understanding scientific concepts and knowing how to connect them
ilostmyshoes··on Is remote work bad for the economy?
That's why wars that don't involve the US are a cash cow. Just sell them weapons! Ez money
ilostmyshoes··on BioGPT: A language model pre-trained on large-scale biomedical literature
What could you even use it for?
ilostmyshoes··on BioGPT: A language model pre-trained on large-scale biomedical literature
At least 40 years, these models just string words together without understanding their meaning or relationship
ilostmyshoes··on BioGPT: A language model pre-trained on large-scale biomedical literature
Literally nothing, these models are not good for scientific literature

We saw similar stuff with the model that Meta released and quickly took down

ilostmyshoes··on San Francisco is getting cold feet about self-driving car tests
It's a well known phenomenon that when cops don't like the people in the office of prosecutor, DA, or other similar positions the police will cease enforcing laws so they can shout about how crime is on the rise in order to get their way.
ilostmyshoes··on Sam Bankman-Fried accused of possible witness tampering [pdf]
Sounds exactly like Trump, minus the difference in the type of image they try to project
ilostmyshoes··on Ask HN: Do you feel psychological safety at your job?
Name and shame
ilostmyshoes··on Surgeon General says 13 is ‘too early’ to join social media
I would love to see sources on this. All research I've seen about nicotine and cancer is that it can help a tumor grow faster but it cannot induce damage to DNA.
ilostmyshoes··on Surgeon General says 13 is ‘too early’ to join social media
Cancer, reduced cognitive performance, increased anxiety that day after alcohol use
ilostmyshoes··on Facebook drains users' cellphone batteries intentionally says ex-employee
Good things like inciting war and political division? Maybe building tools to easily spread misinformation that drowns out factual information?
ilostmyshoes··on Omega-3s: Are “Brain-Boosting” Effects Scientifically Backed?
Do you keep it in a refrigerator?
ilostmyshoes··on Omega-3s: Are “Brain-Boosting” Effects Scientifically Backed?
You you can just buy cold pressed flax oil and supplement with that. ~30 USD for ~1L iirc and it has an absolute assload of ALA (omega3)

Hemp seed oil is a good one for omega6 but usually people get enough 6 from diet and 3 is the one we need to boost to get the 3:6 ratio up

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_ratio_in_food

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