Welcome, humans.
It’s tinkering week for The Neuron! We’ll be trying some new formats to see what resonates most.
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Here’s what’s going on in AI today:
- ChatGPT is getting worse, according to a number of HN commentators.
- How to turn a report into an email update.
- Forbes released a piece exposing Stable Diffusion’s founder.
- Harvard’s most popular CS class is using AI to teach.
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Is ChatGPT Getting Worse? 📉
Want to learn about memes, go to Reddit. Crypto? Twitter. AI? Hacker News.
The AI power users on Hacker News have been making bold claims recently that ChatGPT is getting worse…
Specifically: GPT-4.
To test this, two versions of ChatGPT were given the same coding problem: ChatGPT before its latest update (black avatar) and ChatGPT now (purple avatar). The ChatGPT that’s live today:
- generated more buggy code.
- was worse at reviewing code.
- hallucinated way more when confused.
One explanation is that OpenAI’s new safety measures to prevent harm/bias might be restricting the model too much.
Another theory is that using plugins outputs worse responses (we’ve observed this).
Are they onto something? Unknown. One OpenAI employee was adamant that GPT-4’s model has not changed since March and that outputs simply evolve over time.
Why it matters: For now, any changes in ChatGPT’s quality aren’t noticeable for most users. We just hope each model doesn’t deteriorate over time like iPhones to get us to upgrade.
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How-To Turn A Report Into Email Update 📨
Say “hooray” if you’ve genuinely read a report someone has sent to you at work. Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.
People don’t want reports, but your work deserves recognition. Next time you’re sending an update to colleagues, just copy & paste this template:
"ChatGPT, I have a report on our recently completed ______ campaign:
[report details. numbers. yada, yada].
Please turn this report into an email update in the takeaway and supporting bullets format:
Takeaway:
- Supporting point #1
- point #2
- point #3
Takeaway #2:
- Supporting point #1
- point #2”
If your report is too long to fit into your prompt, upload it as a PDF using the chatwithpdf plugin if you’re equipped with GPT-4.
Voila! You’ve saved an afternoon of work and can go cozy up to your feline companion while sipping your afternoon latte.
This section was a short tutorial (as opposed to news). Let us know what you think!
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Around the Horn 🦄
- Google’s AI search engine is slow at generating summarized outputs, according to The Verge.
- Emad Mostaque, the founder of Stable Diffusion, has a track record of exaggerating, misleading, and lying, according to 13 current and former colleagues.
- A federal judge in Texas is disallowing AI-generated submissions unless they’ve been verified by humans.
- Microsoft is discontinuing its Cortana assistant app on Windows later this year.
- Harvard’s CS50 professor is using AI to grade assignments and personalize teaching coding.
- Stack Overflow volunteers are striking against a new policy that prohibits most moderation of AI-generated content.
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