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GPT-3/4 is like a Meeseeks box for computer and internet tasks. Keep your task simple, and it will quickly and happily solve it for you before ceasing to exist. (Well, that’s how I use it via the API, at least. ChatGPT will preserve the state, but of course the context window is still limited anyway.)
https://youtu.be/qUYvIAP3qQk
ycombinator.com
Alice Waters had this incredibly boss move at Chez Panisse where, for awhile, the dessert course was just one peach on a plate. The message of the dessert was, “The world has created something that is already so perfect that a great cook cannot improve on it.” It forces us to think about the role of sourcing in restaurants, which is among the most important parts of cooking.
The user interfaces on top of the data should help humans cope by rounding values to megabytes and CPU-years, or otherwise indicating orders of magnitude. When working with large raw numbers I configure my terminal to display millions & billions & trillions in different colors.
The Mature Optimization Handbook
Carlos Bueno
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