Randy Besco

Political Science at the University of Toronto. Elections and Voting. Immigration, Race and Ethnicity. Political Psychology.
Joined September 2023
  • So LLMs have guidelines about discussing presidents? Trying out ChatGTP5.2, and it reasons: "OK, I’m thinking through how to respect guidelines on discussing influential politicians. Redirecting to general topics like race and elections research instead of focusing on Obama as an individual."
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  • Revising lecture slides, and I updated an example with a new new cross-tab. The next slide has some step-by-step calculations to show how it works. So, can AI update the slide? Powerpoint has built in Copilot! No. AI can't update numbers in a slide. But it will consistant lie that it has. WTF.
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