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Timnit Gebru critiques AI "doomer" talking points on LLMs

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Timnit Gebru criticizes a viewpoint that large language models should have included discussions on reinforcement learning, deeming it an ignorant and arrogant stance. She also notes this perspective appears to be a significant "doomer" talking point within the AI community. AI

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RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a credible voice (Timnit Gebru) on AI discourse.

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Timnit Gebru critiques AI "doomer" talking points on LLMs

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    People who are simultaneously so ignorant and confidently arrogant, which is usually such a white man thing to do, believe that while setting out to describe la

    People who are simultaneously so ignorant and confidently arrogant, which is usually such a white man thing to do, believe that while setting out to describe large language models, we should have also discussed reinforcement learning. This guy was saying Emily M. Bender wasn't …

  2. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · timnitgebru.blacksky.app ·

    This seems to be a major doomer talking point.

    This seems to be a major doomer talking point.

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