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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Alex Komoroske

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/13/alex-komoroske/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Alex Komoroske Feedly Summary: LLMs shouldn’t help you do less thinking, they should help you do more thinking. They give you higher leverage. Will that cause you to be satisfied with doing less, or driven to do more? — Alex Komoroske, Bits and bobs Tags: llms,…

  • Hacker News: AI Tools: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking

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    Source URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/1/6 Source: Hacker News Title: AI Tools: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**: This extensive study explores the impact of AI tool usage on critical thinking skills, highlighting the mediating role of cognitive offloading. The findings indicate a significant negative…

  • Slashdot: Futurist Predicts AI-Powered ‘Digital Superpowers’ by 2030

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/12/0432243/futurist-predicts-ai-powered-digital-superpowers-by-2030 Source: Slashdot Title: Futurist Predicts AI-Powered ‘Digital Superpowers’ by 2030 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the future of context-aware AI technologies, particularly through body-worn devices, which are projected to enhance human capabilities by 2030. This development brings significant implications for security and privacy, especially as AI…

  • Hacker News: Agents Are Not Enough

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    Source URL: https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2412.16241 Source: Hacker News Title: Agents Are Not Enough Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the evolution and limitations of AI agents, emphasizing that while advancements exist, they are not sufficient for widespread success. It proposes a new ecosystem that integrates agents, user representations (Sims), and Assistants,…

  • Hacker News: Nvidia releases its own brand of world models

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    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/06/nvidia-releases-its-own-brand-of-world-models/ Source: Hacker News Title: Nvidia releases its own brand of world models Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Nvidia has introduced Cosmos World Foundation Models (Cosmos WFMs), a new family of AI models aimed at generating physics-aware video content. These models, available through various platforms, are designed for diverse…

  • Hacker News: Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth Them Over

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    Source URL: https://rmondello.com/2025/01/02/magic-links-and-passkeys/ Source: Hacker News Title: Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth Them Over Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the challenges and benefits of using passwordless authentication methods such as magic links and passkeys. It emphasizes the need for improved user experiences in website…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting François Chollet

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/6/francois-chollet/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting François Chollet Feedly Summary: I don’t think people really appreciate how simple ARC-AGI-1 was, and what solving it really means. It was designed as the simplest, most basic assessment of fluid intelligence possible. Failure to pass signifies a near-total inability to adapt or problem-solve in unfamiliar…

  • Hacker News: Identifying and Manipulating LLM Personality Traits via Activation Engineering

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10427 Source: Hacker News Title: Identifying and Manipulating LLM Personality Traits via Activation Engineering Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The research paper discusses a novel method called “activation engineering” for identifying and adjusting personality traits in large language models (LLMs). This exploration not only contributes to the interpretability of…

  • Hacker News: Coconut by Meta AI – Better LLM Reasoning with Chain of Continuous Thought?

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    Source URL: https://aipapersacademy.com/chain-of-continuous-thought/ Source: Hacker News Title: Coconut by Meta AI – Better LLM Reasoning with Chain of Continuous Thought? Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text presents an innovative approach to enhancing reasoning capabilities in large language models (LLMs) through a method called Chain of Continuous Thought (COCONUT). It highlights…

  • Hacker News: Explaining Large Language Models Decisions Using Shapley Values

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.01332 Source: Hacker News Title: Explaining Large Language Models Decisions Using Shapley Values Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The paper explores the use of Shapley values to interpret decisions made by large language models (LLMs), highlighting how these models can exhibit cognitive biases and “token noise” effects. This work…