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cortezdecoyon Why to Not Write a Book

Gwern's site feels like the "old web" in all the best ways to me. I think the writing would actually lose something if transposed into book form

cortezdecoyon With a nudge from AI, ketamine emerges as a potential rare disease treatment

"just" is always a weird modifier in these kinds of conversations. Most things can be reduced to "just" some basic operation(s). What is amazing is the complexity that emerges from those simple operations at scale.

cortezdecoyon Unleashing Radical Creativity (2020)

I think this a symptom of only the most moonshot-y getting associated with X in coverage.

Google Brain, for example, started at X. So did a bunch of Google's wearable tech, if I'm not mistaken.

cortezdecoyon Computational Model Reveals How the Brain Manages Short-Term Memories

In one sense, almost certainly. But in another sense, any plausible fix is easy compared to the current situation.

cortezdecoyon I prepared for a decade to graduate in CS in three months

I believe it is regionally accredited.