Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” — What is ChatGPT doing and why does it work?

Issue #1044 — February 16, 2023

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Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” simonwillison.net \| points: 1654 \| comments: 990

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What is ChatGPT doing and why does it work? writings.stephenwolfram.com \| points: 935 \| comments: 454

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Last Flight Out brr.fyi \| points: 699 \| comments: 239

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Apple doesn’t want you developing hobby apps bennettnotes.com \| points: 584 \| comments: 458

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Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services linode.com \| points: 438 \| comments: 333

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Shoichiro Toyoda, who turned Toyota into global automaker, has died mainichi.jp \| points: 390 \| comments: 196

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Show HN: I built a little online drum machine using 808 style samples peel.fm \| points: 327 \| comments: 109

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Shrinkflation, SanDisk Style ounapuu.ee \| points: 317 \| comments: 214

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DeepMind has open-sourced the heart of AlphaGo and AlphaZero twitter.com \| points: 289 \| comments: 80

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Introduction to Datalog blogit.michelin.io \| points: 289 \| comments: 70

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Tell HN: DigitalOcean is doing layoffs news.ycombinator.com \| points: 274 \| comments: 232

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Compact holographic sound fields enable rapid one-step assembly of matter in 3D science.org \| points: 274 \| comments: 68

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Videos show Turkey’s Erdogan boasted letting builders avoid earthquake codes npr.org \| points: 270 \| comments: 89

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The maze is in the mouse: what ails Google medium.com \| points: 261 \| comments: 94

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When Rust hurts mmapped.blog \| points: 248 \| comments: 147

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Tax raids at BBC offices in India enter second day theguardian.com \| points: 241 \| comments: 171

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Documentation related to the implementation of SimCity 2000 github.com \| points: 222 \| comments: 93

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Saving Energy: Home Server That Automatically Suspends to RAM and Wakes Up Again maximiliangolla.com \| points: 210 \| comments: 197

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WHO abandons plans for second phase of COVID-origins investigation nature.com \| points: 207 \| comments: 226

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From Bing to Sydney stratechery.com \| points: 191 \| comments: 92

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