The Weekly Reading List - May 19
Thinking small, the Turing Test, Steve Albini, Religion 'is in', and more.
I am trying something new for a little while: a round-up of interesting links and articles. Feel free to use this to start your own discussions or share other links down in the comments.
Thinking Small
Ted Gioia, a great historian of jazz and cultural critic, wrote a fantastic article:
Gioia writes: “We’ve reached a point where even the people in power at the top of the industry want to bypass the system. Even the gatekeepers are sick of dealing with gatekeepers.”
As someone now striking out on my own – writing on Substack, making content on YouTube, and so on – it was an inspiring read. I enjoyed it, and I think all of you would enjoy it as well.
This article was sent to me by a subscriber, Quadratus, and I thank him for that.
People Cannot Distinguish GPT-4 from a Human
Which means we’ve passed the Turing Test, at least according to this pre-print available on arXiv.
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