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Then, to add yet another layer of protection, Microsoft started running GPT-4 on hundreds of computers and set them to converse with one another—millions of exchanges apiece—with instructions to get other machines to say something untoward. Each time a new lapse was generated, the meta-prompts and other customizations were adjusted accordingly. Then the process began anew. After months of honing, the result was a version of GPT-4 unique to Microsoft’s needs and attitudes, which invisibly added dozens, sometimes hundreds, of instructions to each user inquiry.
The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI | The New Yorker
Charles Duhigg
But the same isn’t true of most knowledge workers. We receive precious little training in how to “do” knowledge work. There is no class in college on how to triage your email inbox, manage your agenda, or organize your computer files. And the situation doesn’t improve when we enter the workforce: most employers don’t teach us how to formulate goals, document our knowledge, or automate our most common tasks.
Mise-en-Place for Knowledge Workers
fortelabs.co
Progressives, shocked by the readiness of half the country to support this hateful man, seized on racism as the single cause and set out to disprove every alternative. But this answer was far too satisfying. Racism is such an irreducible evil that it gave progressives commanding moral heights and relieved them of the burden to understand the grievances of their compatriots down in the lowlands, let alone do something about them. It put Trump voters beyond the pale.
George Packer
theatlantic.com
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