and these aren’t normies, they work on tech, high paying 6 figure salaries, very up to date with current events.
If you are a true normie not working in tech, it makes sense to be unaware of such details. You are missing out, but I get why.
If you are in tech, and you don’t even know GPT-4 versus GPT-3.5? Oh no.
Is it just me, or do you also feel intellectually lonely lately?
I think my relatives and most of my friends think I’m crazy for thinking and talking so much about AI. And they listen to me more out of respect and politeness than out of any real interest in the topic.
Use the opportunity to get answers to important questions before the answers change! I’ve been asking people “what tech are you looking forward to?” and such
Or you could go to one of the lesswrong or slatestarcodex meetups
Is it just me, or do you also feel intellectually lonely lately?
I think my relatives and most of my friends think I’m crazy for thinking and talking so much about AI. And they listen to me more out of respect and politeness than out of any real interest in the topic.
Use the opportunity to get answers to important questions before the answers change! I’ve been asking people “what tech are you looking forward to?” and such
Or you could go to one of the lesswrong or slatestarcodex meetups