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thinkcat
January 27, 2026 at 6:49 AM
some thoughts on chatgpt ads

1) chat assistants are going to end up directing an enormous amount of consumer spend over the next couple of years
January 27, 2026 at 3:01 AM
each new iteration of coding models gives me the opportunity to redo my website (fleetingbits.io)
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inspiration
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December 3, 2024 at 5:51 AM
or, the data labelers don't check the 20 line code fragment that the model spit out

hmmm
December 2, 2024 at 4:47 AM
And, then the finding ends up being something like "our data labelers don't check the references" so we get bad labels : X

uhh, ok
December 2, 2024 at 4:44 AM
this paper is referenced, which should have examples of reward hacking and the authors are high quality authors (Ethan Perez!)
December 2, 2024 at 4:44 AM
I think in your example - people would demand their money back right now if the agent failed.

I'm not sure how many agents will be described as agents in the future - or just as services - in which case, all of this is moot.
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