swyx

🆕 Why do we keep retweeting blatant lies about AI?

https://lspace.swyx.io/p/ok-foomer

- Most people believe GPT 4 has 100 trillion parameters despite @sama denial
- ChatGPT "clearly passing" medical/law exams
- ChatGPT having 100m users in 2 months

My latest on shameless #foomerism:

Irresponsible Foomerism

We need to talk about how we talk about AI progress

L-Space Diaries
Feb 4, 2023 at 11:21pmWeb
Show threadswyxFeb 6, 2023

previously:
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RT @swyx
A "truthy" lie will run 2x round the world faster than a boring truth.

The sad fact that a high effort piece from @alexrkonrad and @kenrickcai got overrun by lazy bullshit shows pulling the biggest possible number out of your ass while keeping a straight face is all you need.
https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1621752375844261889

shawn swyx wang on Twitter

“A "truthy" lie will run 2x round the world faster than a boring truth. The sad fact that a high effort piece from @alexrkonrad and @kenrickcai got overrun by lazy bullshit shows pulling the biggest possible number out of your ass while keeping a straight face is all you need.”

Twitter
Show threadtoben2010Feb 5, 2023
@swyx
Great writing! In my view, we retweet these false facts because they confirm the advancement in technology that we want to see. So we have a strong confirmation effect. Your post describes very well the exact confirmations we are looking for.