The reproducibility problem is not new but the volume is so overwhelming that, make no mistake, it *is* now the norm.
Research can't be trusted any more.
So this article is making the rounds and mostly focuses on human aspect of using llms for research.
But there is a more immediate problem. I'm currently in a minor role in an imaging research lab evaluating another's labs output I don't know how else to says this but the software artifacts Just. Don't. Work.
You've got citations based on papers where it is practically impossible to independently evaluate any of the claims.
Super stoked that Jorma Kaukonen and specifically Hot Tuna are going on tour.
Bummed they are nowhere near me.
If any of these concerts are close to you, you should go.
You know all those shady Mercor jobs you've been seeing on LinkedIn?
Sooooo yah ....
If you want to fight big tech there are afaict 3 major fronts:
1. the web browser
2. self hosting
3. native guis (not for nothing every new language has a perpetual Are We GUI Yet page)
2 and 3 are winnable in the short/medium term, 1 is forever lost unless you start over with a new protocol or something but 3 can reduce dependance.
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