Joshua Levy

@ojoshe

Words, code, truth, kindness, other arcana ∙ github.com/jlevy

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Joshua Levy
@ojoshe
Jan 23, 2023
Replying to @BrianFeroldi and @GRDecter
The danger is not in letting students use tools like ChatGPT. It is in letting them learn that they don’t have to think, or believing that the tools are smarter than they are.
Joshua Levy
@ojoshe
Jan 23, 2023
Now tools that create plausible yet dubious content are ubiquitous, good judgement and critical thinking are more important than ever. I’d like to see teachers help students critique AI-written essays. Find errors, describe what is incorrect or what you would write differently.
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Joshua Levy
@ojoshe
2h
Although it is possible to examine and identify many lichens satisfactorily where they are growing, most people find it desirable to collect them and take samples home.
Joshua Levy
@ojoshe
3h
Replying to @PabloAntonio
I’d be delighted to attend unless everyone has already read too much about lichens
Joshua Levy
@ojoshe
Sep 28
It has been a busy time for research on the square packing problem! For all the recent arguments about AI-assisted math, I want to share some delightful news and stories of collaboration. For those who don't know, square packing is a long-standing open problem in geometry. It is
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Joshua Levy
@ojoshe
Sep 7
For some reason this post sent me (and Opus, Fable, Sol, and Astra) down a fascinating rabbithole last week. I'm pleased to announce I now have math psychosis. And that s(11) ≥ 381/100. This appears to be the first significant result in 23 years on the open problem of packing
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Joshua Levy
@ojoshe
Sep 27
THANK YOU. Given the context (and the fact that any LLM knows these words!) the imprecision could only be described as egregiously vexatious.
Michael Hartl
@mhartl
Sep 27
I caught a couple of errors in this viral vocab test. I demand a bonus. Spoilers: “Susurrate” means “to whisper”, not “whispering”. “Millinery” means “women’s hats” as a category, not “a type of hat”. Subtle distinctions? Yes, but the test is full of subtle distinctions.
Joshua Levy
@ojoshe
Sep 23
Okay I've seen enough. God and the Algorithm have been trying to tell us. Finally humanity has developed the technologies to understand. It’s caterpillars. Caterpillars all the way down.
gabrielle
@legitimatetiger
Sep 23
the idea that humans have been like caterpillars all along seems v poetic when you learn that in ancient greek, the word psyche meant both ‘soul’ and ‘butterfly’. in a way, the spark of consciousness is higher guidance from the version of you that sits in metamorphosis completion