ChatGPT
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Nate Silver has a long substack post today about how surprisingly bad ChatGPT is at poker. I didn't read the whole thing as it got kind of poker-wonky.
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If you've seen Whiplash, this is very well done.
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LLMs … first six months of 2025 in review.
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New studies show how generative AI has influenced human speech:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/20/chatgpt-claude-chatbots-language/
Researchers found signs of human speech patterns becoming more like AI, and can trace back to certain patterns more prevalent in certain poorer countries where cheaper labor were hired to fine tune AI language models.
Then there is the counter movement where some people who are aware of AI influence to in turn deliberately moderate their own speech to sound less like AI.
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New studies show how generative AI has influenced human speech:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/20/chatgpt-claude-chatbots-language/
Researchers found signs of human speech patterns becoming more like AI, and can trace back to certain patterns more prevalent in certain poorer countries where cheaper labor were hired to fine tune AI language models.
Then there is the counter movement where some people who are aware of AI influence to in turn deliberately moderate their own speech to sound less like AI.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/business/chatgpt-financial-advice.html
More people are turning to generative A.I. chatbots for financial advice, whether it’s for debt management, better saving strategies or stock picks.
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My FIL just today told me he’s switching insurance companies after AI ran a comparison of his options out there.
@89th Did he just tell his location and age, etc. and what he was looking for?
