I feel like when I just want to rant/vent to my AI conversation partner, it acts like my husband: tries to solve my problem rather than simply commiserating.
Michelle M. Paquette
@mmpaquette
Scientist by training. Interested in many things. Always looking for rational discussion toward updating my beliefs and understanding of the world.
Kansas City
Joined November 2010
- This is an example of how some people's lifestyle choices are so far from my own that we might as well live on different planets.The internet has taught me that a lot of people use paper plates for normal everyday meals Why is this a thing? Doesn’t that get expensive? Don’t you want to eat on a real plate?
- This is cool but I'm cynical because it's just such a small amount of money. Not enough to move the needle. Probably the most important part is that we are talking about science again. Keep it coming.Today, roughly the same amount of basic research is done in industry as in academia. It’s time our doctoral training reflected that. @NSF is launching a first-of-its-kind 4-year PhD program at more than 30 universities. Students will spend a year+ embedded with industry
- A week of serious AI prompting and I've found myself writing increasingly prompt-like guidelines for my human agents (ahem, employees): more explicit, clear decision points. Not sure if this will make me a better manager or just a more annoying one.
- Why did I do a PhD? As a "smart kid," intellectual, and traditionally studious type, it felt obvious and important to me that I should pursue the highest levels of scholarship. It was a destiny of sorts. The hardship was the point. It had nothing to do with job prospects. IGenuinely curious. Why do people who are not planning to be in academia get a PhD? because the level of research is unbelievably exhausting.
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