Tim Harford: Without my fitness tracker I’d never have run so far. Or behaved so weirdly

Twenty-five centuries ago, after the Greeks shattered the Persian army at Marathon, brave Pheidippides ran 26 miles to Athens ...
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LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?

Think back to middle school algebra, like 2 a + b. Those letters are parameters: Assign them values and you get a result. In ...

Mysterious YouTube Video With '140-Year' Runtime Leaves Millions of Viewers Confused

A bizarre YouTube upload appearing to last 140 years has gone viral, sparking technical debates and conspiracy theories about ...