Post B9mSdT0r9oxJyWmgL2 by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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 (DIR) Post #B9mGH4YEE4seHtwsqG by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       i still do not understand what openai means when they describe ChatGPT as a "PhD-level intelligence", and probably do not want to know at this pointbut if you would like to talk to a bunyote, my DMs are always open
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mGOkw72Moflomg9g by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       i'm both PhD-level *and* forklift certifiedstrap in baybee
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mGcPNJzvG8xC1M1I by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       imo having a PhD is more a sign of autistic obsession than "intelligence"
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mGeiWTmIYKv0PBeC by agowa338@chaos.social
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       @ariadne Tl;Dr: It means that their model is good at test.You know, almost as if it was specially trained to be goood at synthetic tests and benchmarks....
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mGgpuRHoYYPFcfgG by dan@discuss.systems
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       @ariadne I can't read those claims anymore without thinking of this article:https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/chatgpt-now-has-phd-level-intelligence-and-the-poor-personal-choices-to-prove-it
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mGjB7vN4V2n42zKa by radmorecameron@mastodon.social
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       @ariadne "we asked chatgpt if it has phd level intelligence and it didn't say no"
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mGusotGIePUGj2SO by whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ariadne of persistence, generally, yeah. and the ability to myopically focus on a single topic to the exclusion of all else for a few years.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mH2LsnbXsreT7CKW by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @dan exactly.  i know people with PhDs who have done things like represent themselves in court without a lawyer.having a PhD does not mean that you're actually a smart critter, just that you researched the fuck out of some shit
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mHqbOkC3JcFb1C5o by andyjennings@aus.social
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       @ariadne @dan I think mostly it shows you are a person who will persist at something when 99.99% of people would give up. When I hired people I hired them for that
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mHxCksDL2NqfW8rw by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @andyjennings @dan well, i sure am that level of stubborn, so that scans
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mI0SzOJQfv4BraXg by pikhq@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ariadne thinking that a phd means more than "knows a lot about an extremely specific topic, which may not even be something anyone else cares about in the slightest" is, i think, the biggest sign of not knowing a single thing about academia
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mI3mxkVXlNskgBaC by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @pikhq that's some post-doctoral thought leadership right there, ready to post on LinkedIn
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mI9XAq7hlOeRXfPc by pikhq@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ariadne alas i am a mere math undergrad, which is how i know enough to never post on linkedin :P
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mMkola4pSVkFlFke by axx@mstdn.fr
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       @ariadne that seems unnecessarily reductive and pithy, sorry to say.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mOjs7KKis7kvbqJk by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @axx what can i say, I'm reductive and pithy
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mPFgYSrCJ7A9TMOm by axx@mstdn.fr
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       @ariadne fair enough then.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mSdT0r9oxJyWmgL2 by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @tk can't say I do
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mY5xB568eHPQyArY by dan@discuss.systems
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       @ariadne absolutely. I have a PhD, almost everyone I work with has a PhD, and collectively we do plenty of dumb shit.We just happen to be experts in extremely specific things.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9mYQDOIWlVvU8oSq8 by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @yakmacker but... their prediction machine has error
       
 (DIR) Post #B9pf5no5Zyvccc9e08 by fundamental@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ariadne Similarly, but not quite the same, I'd say a PhD is a sign of being able to be unreasonably persistent.