I really liked this one.
Another #7syllable sentence
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Another #vss365
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A different writing prompt game on Bluesky: #7syllablesentence
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The #7syllablesentence writing prompt is just like it sounds. Write a seven syllable sentence using the prompt (or based on the prompt). I liked this one, but others did not.
Vibe coding in statistics
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I’m not sure if this AI trend will last or not, but vibe coding is coding (writing a computer program) by simply prompting a large language model (an LLM, e.g., ChatGPT) to write the code. Software developers are concerned that LLMs are coming for their jobs, and vibe coding is understandably a serious concern if…
I like this #vss365
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Thoughts on AI as a statistician
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(A follow up to this post. ) The development of AI tools for performing statistical analysis and training machine learning models is concerning to me. Will the tools hit a point where a user can simply state an analysis (like a prompt in a LLM), provide some data, and the AI will take over? Can…
Example of AI user error
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I was sent a mathematical formula for the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by a colleague (the medical/biological details and background of the formula are unnecessary). He copied the formula from an AI summary from a search engine (Google I think). A screen shot is below. The formula he sent is related to a formula…
A good #vss365 prompt
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Back to sharing #vss365
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Now on Bluesky.
Material possessions can be experiences
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This paper made the news a few years ago, suggesting that purchasing experiences provides greater in the moment happiness over purchasing a material possession. I found papers on this topic going back many years. Here is one (the link to the pdf is here) from 2009 supporting this hypothesis. As with many things in human…