Tuesday 7 January 2020

Two Scott Alexander posts

No apologies, but both of these are worth your time, for entirely different reasons.

1. A computer has learned to play chess using text prediction. Just like those AI programs that produce rubbishy poems, this one produces rubbishy strings of "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 ..." etc.

2. Great questions to ask the US Presidential candidates. It starts:

"Mr. Biden: Your son Hunter Biden was on the board of directors of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, during your vice-presidential term. The Ukrainian government was investigating Burisma for misdeeds, and Hunter was allegedly one of the targets of the investigation. President Trump alleges that you used your clout as VP to shut down the investigation into Hunter, which if true would constitute an impeachable abuse of power.

My question for you is: if your son had been a daughter, would you have named her Gathere
r?"

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