How Hype Works; What LLMs have in common with genetics

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kierangill · 3m ago

This is buried in a footnote, but worth clarifying: "How Life Works" offers much more than just the history of our understanding of biology. Oxide and Friends has good coverage on the book here https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/bookclub-ho...

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How Hype Works; What LLMs have in common with genetics

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