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Two months later, I visited Bill Gates to give an update on Khan Academy, and I learned why the OpenAI folks had shown an AP biology question. Bill told me that when he first encountered GPT-3, he was impressed, but he had told the OpenAI team that he’d only be really impressed if it was capable of passing the AP biology exam. What the OpenAI team had shown me in that first demo was that GPT-4 could now do so. “This changes everything,” I said to Greg and Sam, my mind spinning with possible ways that GPT-4 might allow us to reimagine education, credentials, work, and human potential.
Brave New Words
Salman Khan
In my first years as an activist I often said that Putin was a Russian problem for Russians to solve, but that he would soon be a regional problem and then a global problem if his ambitions were ignored. This regrettable transformation has come to pass and lives are being lost because of it. It is cold comfort to be told, “You were right!” It is even less comforting when so little is being done to halt Putin’s aggression even now. What is the point of saying you should have listened and acted when you still aren’t listening or acting?
Winter Is Coming
Garry Kasparov
Emotions—even some we may perceive as negative, such as anxiety—are great tools for getting our minds energized and focused for the task ahead. The idea that even negative emotions may help us adapt to a situation we’re faced with runs directly in the face of some common beliefs.
Two Awesome Hours
Josh Davis
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