annabellemarsh.bsky.social
Accidental math major turned data plumber. Linguistics hot takes that are only true for Germanic languages. I speedran my LessWrong phase.
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Other than that, I use the fact that I got really good at breaking down hard problems and thinking logically. I also write quickly and effectively thanks to my humanities background. I have never felt the urge to reach for generative AI to draft an email or memo because I am a better writer than it.
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Islamic Communities in Scandinavia was an ethics/oral communication class where we did structured debates on modern political issues in Sweden and Denmark involving migration and assimilation. Learning how to argue an emotional topic clearly while not stepping on toes has been so useful in life.
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I have a Math BA with a CS minor. In my day to day work as a Data Engineer, I directly use 3 classes I took in college.
1. 1 credit Intro to Unix
2. Intro to Data Science, where I learned about relational databases/joins/filtering.
3. Islamic Communities in Scandinavia
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Agreed. I arguably did all STEM (Math major, CS minor), but I did it as a BA at a SLAC and took more humanities classes than I did STEM.
I constantly get praise at work for clear and concise writing and I have never once felt the urge to reach for generative AI to "help."
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They've also got a handy dandy list of recent ejections: martin-baker.com/ejection-not...
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My leadership at work is convinced that GitHub copilot is an amazing tool that can replace developers.
I just spent a week fixing bugs and rewriting tests for a repo where my coworker used copilot to generate the code and tests and the code would "run" and "pass tests" but had major bugs.
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Generative AI is good at being confidently slightly incorrect and is getting less slightly incorrect every day, but I doubt the current approaches are going to get us something that is actually correct consistently.
See: bsky.app/profile/njoh... AI can't write a math proof but pretends it can.
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The irony of this post and bsky.app/profile/hank... being 4 posts apart...
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In other news my neighborhood has no rules against turning your house into a triplex, but has an elaborate set of design regulations around ensuring that all construction has an appropriately decorative facade so as to not disrupt the architectural character.