#uncertainty

#uncertainty

The admission came in a paper [PDF] published in early September, titled "Why Language Models Hallucinate," and penned by three OpenAI researchers and Santosh Vempala, a distinguished professor of computer science at Georgia Institute of Technology. It concludes that "the majority of mainstream evaluations reward hallucinatory behavior." Language models are primarily evaluated using exams that penalize uncertainty. The fundamental problem is that AI models are trained to reward guesswork, rather than the correct answer.

You feel like you've been on a roller coaster, constantly applying for jobs and searching for the perfect one. You've sent an updated resume and cover letter. You answered all the questions. You were asked to submit video answers to questions. And now you wait. Will you be called for an interview? After the tenth time of checking your email, the uncertainty in your head starts to take over, leading you to question yourself: "Why did I even try? I'm not as good as the other applicants. What makes me think they'd want me?"

Scientific American tells us that "inspiration, creativity [and] discovery all come from a place of uncertainty. When we admit 'I don't know,' we open ourselves to explore possibilities."

In Jacksonville, Florida, police arrested a man after AI facial recognition identified him as a close match to a suspect. Charges were later dropped.

"We moved our flight to June 8, a day before the travel ban took effect, terrified that once it started we wouldn't be allowed into the U.S.," Malave said.

The tussle with uncertainty has several manifestations, such as pursuing unattainable romantic prospects or striving for status while overlooking personal enjoyment.

I find myself waking up already bracing for what the day might bring. It's like the ground is constantly shifting, and we're all being asked to find our footing in real time.

It's hard for marketers not to get caught in the slipstream of President Trump's economic - specifically on tariffs - policy whiplash.

The general sentiment from a lot of ad buyers is 'Okay, if this had happened before Covid, I would feel a lot more screwed, but we know how to deal with this need for flexibility...'