Shiyue Weekly (Issue 13): Torrent Times

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This is the 13th issue of Shiyue Weekly. There are 6 articles in this issue, 2 Memos and 3 tool resources.

With the blessing of the immersive translation plug-in recommended last week , I read more English content this week, not because it took more time, but because the reading efficiency of English content is higher.

content

one,

Documentary: Torrent Times_Tencent Video

The business observation program created by the team of “Thirteen Invitations” has a total of 5 episodes, and 4 episodes have been updated so far. Very exciting, recommend watching. Wrote a note and posted it on the blog.

two,

The Waluigi Effect (mega-post) – LessWrong

Waluigi Effect (Waluigi Effect) is a new concept that accompanies ChatGPT. Waluigi is the villain in the Mario games and is Luigi’s number one antagonist. The Waluigi Effect refers to the fact that training an AI to do one thing increases the probability of it doing the exact opposite. This article by LessWrong analyzes this phenomenon from a technical point of view.

From the cognitive level, this phenomenon is not difficult to understand. For example, to train AI to never harm humans, we first need to define what harming humans means, that is, AI must know how to harm humans.

In addition, there is a traceability document of this concept: Waluigi Effect (Artificial Intelligence)

three,

Anna Quindlen’s Commencement Address at Villanova

It is indeed a typical graduation speech written by a novelist, very emotional.

Don’t ever forget what a friend once wrote Senator Paul Tsongas when the senator decided not to run for reelection because he’d been diagnosed with cancer: “No man ever said on his deathbed I wish I had spent more time in the office. Don’t ever forget the words my father sent me on a postcard last year: “If you win the rat race, you’re still a rat.” Or what John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of the Dakota : “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.”

Never forget what a friend wrote when Senator Paul Tsongas was diagnosed with cancer and decided not to run for re-election: “No one says on their deathbed that I wish I could Spend more time at the office.” Never forget what my dad sent me on a postcard last year: “If you win the rat race, you’re still a rat.” Or John Lennon being shot in the Dakota driveway Wrote before: “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”

Look at the view. You’ll never be disappointed.

Check out the view, you will never be disappointed.

Four,

Why Write?

An old-fashioned topic, but it is worth talking about again when ChatGPT is born.

The core point is that writing is a process of thinking, which cannot and should not be replaced. It also reminds me of the picture below, which echoes another point of view at the end of the author’s article. In the future, clear thinking will be rarer and more valuable.

five,

Yasheng Huang on the Development of the Chinese State (Ep. 173) | Conversations with Tyler

Yasheng Huang talks about China’s development, the text version of the podcast. Some impressive points:

  • The imperial examination system has homogenized and disciplined the smartest people.
  • China’s literacy rate stagnated in the 19th century. There is a demand-side perspective: the market economy has not developed, and the demand for literacy talents is not high.
  • There are many Indian-American executives in large American companies, but very few Chinese-Americans. Because Chinese culture emphasizes restraint and obedience, and the workplace requires communication and persuasion.

six,

In digitization, the disappearance of human subjectivity – rainbow thread

Science and technology has its own vitality, and its development/evolution does not depend on the will of individuals or even human society. Human beings and capital can only accelerate or decelerate on their natural evolution route. It is unfair to attribute all problems of modern society to capital problems.

The operation of society is increasingly dependent on the decision-making of machines, and people have become executors. This is the transformation of subject and object. It is no wonder that there is a saying that “human beings are only the starter of silicon-based life”. In the future, there may really be no human beings.

Memos

one,

There are two types of information on the Internet:

  • non-transactional information
  • transaction information

For the second type of information, really high-quality information (such as very cost-effective house listings, brand new iPhones with 50% off) will either be disseminated in offline circles of acquaintances, and will not be posted online at all. Even if it is put on the Internet, it will be quickly seconded, and it will not always exist.

two,

In the evening, my friends said in the group that Pinduoduo has a very good return experience. When she was communicating with the merchant, the platform suddenly intervened automatically, and she directly confirmed the return without filling in the reason. There are two observations:

(1) Just one aha moment may completely change the user’s impression of a product.
(2) When the user wants to return the product, he must be in a bad mood, and the effect of the surprise at this time is even greater. The same budget of 100 yuan may be more valuable in the return link than the pre-purchase subsidy.

tool or resource

one,

microblog.pub – A self-hosted, single-user, ActivityPub powered microblog.

A single-user, self-hosted open source microblogging program, supports the ActivityPub protocol, can communicate with mastodon, and is very lightweight. If I am not already using Memos , I must try this, very excited. Demonstration of examples: official examples , effects of magic reform theme

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two,

lxgw/LxgwWenKai: An open-source Chinese font derived from Fontworks’ Klee One. An open source Chinese font, derived from the font Klee One produced by FONTWORKS.

Very beautiful Chinese font, I have applied it to my blog, WeChat reading and Obsidian notes.

three,

louis030195/obsidian-ava: Quickly format your notes with ChatGPT in Obsidian

After experiencing Notion AI, it is very useful to optimize the language style when writing a blog. Looking for an alternative on Obsidian, I found this plugin, which looks good, but it’s not cheap either.

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