I voted “who cares,” because I barely look at emails from the Substacks I subscribe to. They are prompts to check the app on my phone or iPads where I’d rather read them and archive those that have been read or don’t interest me. I mass delete the emails periodically. I also refresh the app a few times a day without checking my inbox, too, to see new content and the new notes and chat. I’m probably not the typical reader, though.
May 13, 2023Liked by Claire Berlinski, Rachel motte
If Claire, Peter Zeihan, and the Dispatch crew all say that the Turkish elections are important, well goshdarnit, I reckon they are! All kidding aside, I just hope that monster Erdogan loses in the first round. I’m glad Ince dropped out.
As far as length is concerned, I’m with Norman and Ben. I think separate emails by region, preferably sent out on different days, would make the Global Eyes a more manageable read.
It's not that long e-mails are annoying, but multiples by region or topic make it easier to return to where I left off after the inevitable interruptions.
May 13, 2023Liked by Claire Berlinski, Rachel motte
Claire, a couple things:
1. You’re doing what is now being referred to as prompt engineering. ChatGPT will take you pretty literally if you ask it to summarize a block of text, so you can specify by saying “summarize in 2-3 sentences, focusing on what x or y did to a or b”. In a certain sense, we’re all going to be prompt engineers soon. It’d just learning how to more effectively use the tool.
2. I can write a code that’ll do what you want it to, i.e., internet access that summarizes text. You’ll have to give me a week or so (I just started a full time job and I’ll have to do some fine-tuning), but I’m pretty sure I can get you closer on target.
Also, more newsletters that focus on different parts of the globe is way better! One huge newsletter is a bit unmanageable
Sure I can. There's plenty of plugins out there to do just that.
I'm away from home rn, but give me a few days and I'll shoot suggestions your way. Do you use Google Chrome? There's a ton of extensions out there that use ChatGPT (or other LLMs) to summarize. If you want to summarize videos on YouTube, there's an extension for that as well.
Again, you'll have to give me a week or two but I'm pretty sure I can get you on target.
From my understanding, OpenAI is letting developers do a lot of the work when it comes to implementing different plugins and other utilities. If you want to stay up to date with AI news, check out Ben's Bites (not affiliated with me lol). I learn about most new developments in AI through that newsletter.
I am not annoyed by the longer format, but I would prefer separate emails by region.
easier to digest in chunks.
I voted “who cares,” because I barely look at emails from the Substacks I subscribe to. They are prompts to check the app on my phone or iPads where I’d rather read them and archive those that have been read or don’t interest me. I mass delete the emails periodically. I also refresh the app a few times a day without checking my inbox, too, to see new content and the new notes and chat. I’m probably not the typical reader, though.
If Claire, Peter Zeihan, and the Dispatch crew all say that the Turkish elections are important, well goshdarnit, I reckon they are! All kidding aside, I just hope that monster Erdogan loses in the first round. I’m glad Ince dropped out.
As far as length is concerned, I’m with Norman and Ben. I think separate emails by region, preferably sent out on different days, would make the Global Eyes a more manageable read.
And I’ll try to make the chat, but I owe our Pyrenees a good death march beforehand.
It's not that long e-mails are annoying, but multiples by region or topic make it easier to return to where I left off after the inevitable interruptions.
Claire, a couple things:
1. You’re doing what is now being referred to as prompt engineering. ChatGPT will take you pretty literally if you ask it to summarize a block of text, so you can specify by saying “summarize in 2-3 sentences, focusing on what x or y did to a or b”. In a certain sense, we’re all going to be prompt engineers soon. It’d just learning how to more effectively use the tool.
2. I can write a code that’ll do what you want it to, i.e., internet access that summarizes text. You’ll have to give me a week or so (I just started a full time job and I’ll have to do some fine-tuning), but I’m pretty sure I can get you closer on target.
Also, more newsletters that focus on different parts of the globe is way better! One huge newsletter is a bit unmanageable
Tell me more about 2--what do you mean? Surely you don't mean you can give ChatGPT access to the Internet?
Sure I can. There's plenty of plugins out there to do just that.
I'm away from home rn, but give me a few days and I'll shoot suggestions your way. Do you use Google Chrome? There's a ton of extensions out there that use ChatGPT (or other LLMs) to summarize. If you want to summarize videos on YouTube, there's an extension for that as well.
Again, you'll have to give me a week or two but I'm pretty sure I can get you on target.
Wow, really? I thought it wasn't allowed because that was too dangerous?
From my understanding, OpenAI is letting developers do a lot of the work when it comes to implementing different plugins and other utilities. If you want to stay up to date with AI news, check out Ben's Bites (not affiliated with me lol). I learn about most new developments in AI through that newsletter.
https://www.bensbites.co/