What Are Large Language Models (LLMs) and How Do They Work? (makeuseof.com)
A nice simple explanation of how all those Chatbot programs work for us Luddites. They are basically like the Library of Alexandria on steroids, only it can talk back to you and slap you around. I am getting a little weary of Bing's Copilot asking me if it can rewrite what I just wrote. It makes me feel insecure. So far it can't write as well, as least not as human. I have a gut feeling it will master the humanity part as we get less human, and they start implanting the Neuralink Chips into our brains at birth. Kindergarten to PhD instantly with no messy life experience to fuck us up. Looking at and holding a smartphone all day is not very efficient. Let's just cut to the chase and have in installed in our head.
I sold real estate in the city with the largest concentration of Arabs in the USA. Many of the old-time agents would not work with them. Arabs drove a hard bargain. I was forced to, as I was a newcomer to the city and had no 'sphere of influence', as they like to say in real estate. I actually melded great with their style of business, made many connections, and did very well courting them. They had money, were smart, and came to the party ready to deal. I also had many conversations with them about the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East. There was a reason they were now living in Detroit. The major lesson I came away with was there was no clear cut right and wrong in the Middle East. I see the FB posts all day taking partisan sides as usual, from the safety of a padded office chair sitting in front of a computer. The usual mass media suspects are also lining up with their patented brands of distorted, one-sided propaganda of either 'Jew bad/Arab good' or '
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