Robert-Moses on It's a Binary World 2.0 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/tags/robert-moses/ Recent content in Robert-Moses on It's a Binary World 2.0 Hugo en Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:58:15 +0000 A Couple Recent Interesting Podcast Episodes https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2024/07/24/a-couple-recent-interesting-podcast-episodes/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:58:15 +0000 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2024/07/24/a-couple-recent-interesting-podcast-episodes/ <p>First off, I&rsquo;ve mentioned <a href="https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/2023/03/19/podcasts-im-listening-to-in-2023/">before</a> that I enjoy listening to the science fiction short story podcast Escape Pod. Today I listened to <a href="https://escapepod.org/2024/07/11/escape-pod-949-a-foundational-model-for-talking-to-girls/">episode 949</a>, <em>A Foundational Model for Talking to Girls</em>. Large Language Models (LLMs), what we have colloquially called AI for the past few years, have been a giant source of wonder and consternation in the world. AI in general has long been a topic for science fiction, but this short story tackles the current LLM version of AIs. I found it to be a very fun episode that is a master class in providing a huge amount of backstory without an exposition dump. I don&rsquo;t want to spoil anything about this story, but they naturally drop all these background details about the world that make me want more stories in this universe. It also has a fun, light tone to it. I highly recommend you either listen or read (the full text is available at the episode link above)</p>

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