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Why deep learning works even though it shouldn’t
Why models always get better when they are bigger and deeper, even when the amount of data they consume stays the same or gets smaller.
Finding beautiful birds with data, and the ethics of converting preferences into math
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Why models always get better when they are bigger and deeper, even when the amount of data they consume stays the same or gets smaller.
LLMs do all the things people say they do at once, even if those people vociferously disagree, and they’re all useful.