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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

This is my position as well: Stochastic Parrots (laudatory)

Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Mass produced apps might soon be a thing of the past, for precisely this reason. The effort of making something from scratch that you can modify on demand is approaching the level of effort of downloading an app.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The majority of these have donated more than 1% unless I'm making a basic math mistake

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Huw Price @huwprice.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Boosting this live tweeting of the excellent Emily Adlai’s new book to #philsci #philsky #quantum – thanks @jeffreymepstein.bsky.social for this public service! :)

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

said university town is incredibly beautiful though, I must say

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I had to look up if this was real. Unbelievable.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I will try it out later. What's your impression, is there a noticable increase in the usefulness of ChatGPT?

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

You are right. To be clear to anyone venturing this deep into the thread, two separate points: (i) ChatGPT is useful for learning (for example by using my system prompt), and (ii) Math Academy (which is very different from ChatGPT) is excellent for learning. (None teaches calculus in two weeks)

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Not at all what I'm saying. It is possible to skip college and learn calculus for $49/month.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Not at all what I'm saying. It is possible to skip college and learn calculus for $49/month.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Actual tutoring is almost surely better quality than ChatGPT but is much more expensive and not as "on demand". I think Math Academy is on par or better than human 1-on-1 tutoring (in a sense they try to emulate it using cognitive science and data science for how to best serve you the next step).

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

That is a very reasonable worry. For calculus in particular, I recommend mathacademy.com (it is AI for education, but not for generation like LLMs.)

mathacademy.com

Math Academy

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

(shoutout to mathacademy.com that will teach you calculus _at your pace_. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social is perfectly on point, two weeks is a bit ridiculous.)

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

My system prompt: bsky.app/profile/jopp...

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I would like a diagnostic test before to test my understanding of the prerequisites.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Take into consideration how I do on the questions, make sure to not leave any gaps in my knowledge, and do what is suggested by "The Math Academy Way" or by how the math academy website functions.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Solidify my knowledge about questions I don't know the answer to.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I want you to give me explanations and then quiz me. One concept at a time in different messages and if it is appropriate, give me several questions, one after another in different messages. Ask me some questions with some detail blanked out.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I would like you to act like the Math Academy website in that you give me questions that half of the time can be answered in less than a minute and only 3 percent of the time in more than three minutes.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Tutor me from the book I upload using the techniques from the PDF “The Math Academy Way”.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

It's all right, you can write the same one twice—many such cases.

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Jonte Hance @jonterhance.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Excited to announce I'm recruiting for my first two Postdoctoral Research Associates! These 5-year positions will allow the holders to dive into applying quantum foundations to understand and develop quantum advantage!

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

You've been on it for ages, Simon ;)

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Naftali Weinberger @dagophile.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

I was responding to a talk by philosopher of physics David Albert (DA), in which he expressed dissatisfaction with various approaches to reconciling the asymmetry of causation with fundamental physics. He was skeptical that causal models could help, but ended by inviting me to say more about this.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Starter pack! Philosophy and physics of time: go.bsky.app/QgoUzVr

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

I am sorry you are feeling this way. Unfortunately, I don't have any suitable reading. Try to eat and sleep well. Take deep breaths. Hope it passes swiftly.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

www.adamsmith.org/blog/economi...

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Not sure if need to learn more math or carpentry

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

>His views changed pretty rapidly Evidence against my point though

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Of course I can't speak for specific cases, it's just that the ratio of social conditions to material conditions in what shapes our political views is probably above 10 to 1. At the same time it is commonly believed that material conditions is the larger part.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

>his social circle wasn’t really interested in talking politics Evidence for my point, really.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I think Swedish society (capitalism with strong welfare) is really great, so don't misunderstand me, but it is more likely that your friend changed their mind because he was socialized into it by his new social setting. That is mostly how people change their minds.

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Peli Grietzer @peligrietzer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

If you ever dreamed of giving me money I have great news. We're at $10k, hoping to get to $20k manifund.org/projects/vir...

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Virtue-Ethical Rationality and Training Dynamics

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

In the case of ChatGPT, still quite useful despite that.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The kind of leftist that brings up their love for markets on first dates

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Just yesterday I attended a workshop on "explaining complex things simply". However, it is quite by chance that you ask me this with such timing because I haven't really otherwise done anything to improve. You have expertise I take it? I'll keep you in mind for the future :)

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Makes sense. "Strategically capable" or "general planning capability" is what I will go with from now on.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I agree that truly general intelligence requires what you describe, and that dogs have more of it than current AI. You have me convinced that truly general intelligence is not around the corner, but that within five years, we still might plausibly have at least strategically very capable AI.

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Joppe Widstam @joppewidstam.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I think you are onto something. Even as other capabilities increase, we might not see corresponding increases in emotional capacity. Humans' emotional capacity has been shaped by biological and cultural evolution. This is not so easily replicated in training machine learning models.

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