3 Quarks Daily • 2/26/2026

Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten discusses Kelsey Piper's description of AIs in "The Argument," highlighting that AIs are more than just "next-token predictors" or "stochastic parrots" due to their use of fine-tuning and RLHF. However, commenters acknowledge the nuances she presents but argue that these are merely additional layers on top of a machine.
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