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One might have thought that to have the network behave as if it’s “learned something new” one would have to go in and run a training algorithm, adjusting weights, and so on. But that’s not the case. Instead, it seems to be sufficient to basically tell ChatGPT something one time—as part of the prompt you give—and then it can successfully make use of what you told it when it generates text. And once again, the fact that this works is, I think, an important clue in understanding what ChatGPT is “really doing” and how it relates to the structure of human language and thinking.
What Is ChatGPT Doing ... And Why Does It Work?
Stephen Wolfram
JavaScript differs from more static languages in that functions and classes are not just part of the language syntax: they are themselves values that can be manipulated by JavaScript programs.
JavaScript
David Flanagan
Epicurus also taught that wisdom was the greatest virtue, for through it we could learn which pleasures to seek and which to avoid.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
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