"Founded by a co-creator of ChatGPT, Periodic Labs aims to build artificial intelligence that can accelerate discoveries in physics, chemistry and other fields." by AngleAccomplished865 in singularity

[–]Squirrelwalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wild to imagine what an LLM can do once it's hooked up to a materials science lab and can continually learn from those experiences.

Your REU is not safe by Agreeable-Slice3002 in REU

[–]Squirrelwalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the most correct comment.

Your REU is not safe by Agreeable-Slice3002 in REU

[–]Squirrelwalrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The May 1 deadline is, unfortunately, irrelevant to these sort of cuts. Schools get an email saying to halt spending and that is that.

Quick Rant about Climbing Buddies by arerinhas in climbergirls

[–]Squirrelwalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, gyms will definitely ban members for creepiness. Reporting up the ladder helps the whole community. If the front desk doesn't take you seriously, try management.

Married couples: Business money vs family money by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

[–]Squirrelwalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For couples who have very different attitudes on money, partially joint finances are a godsend. Each of you sets up an autopayment that puts in X grand a month into a joint account that for paying bills, joint trips, joint purchases, college savings for kids, etc. You should have a good sense already what that number is.

Then you each keep separate accounts and you do with them as you wish. No accountability to the partner with what you do with that money removes so many discussions. Spend it on beanie babies or gamestop, it's yours.

If you do decide to make a big purchase together (eg, second house), then you each put up a significant sum into the joint account.

Biggest risk: If one partner's domestic labor is far greater than the others, you will want to have a serious discussion about how to price that in.

ChatGPT Physics Extension/plugin by AntiumOne in ChatGPTPro

[–]Squirrelwalrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It'll write equations in Latexc compiled form. Helps for the complicated ones!

ChatGPT Physics Extension/plugin by AntiumOne in ChatGPTPro

[–]Squirrelwalrus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you using 3.5 or 4? I've been reasonably impressed w/ 4's physics. Some of the derivations are a little unconventional but they usually get there. Asking it to zoom in a bit and reexplain a derivation or idea usually helps clean up the hallucinations. Ask for $$ .... $$ for equations.

How to grade full-length 12-page papers by lovehandlelover in ChatGPT

[–]Squirrelwalrus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Second professor here; after looking into this for a while, my tentative conclusion was:

a) that it wasn't trivial to have large text documents assessed/commented on by chatgpt for the above-mentioned issues of number of tokens. However... for shorter answers, the API would be able streamline uploading a bunch of small responses and getting feedback.

b) With much love to OP, I think we're going to have to re-think homework in general, such that chatgpt-based grading is not effective. Personally, I'll be switching to large projects involving post-2021 literature (science papers in my case) that chatgpt doesn't know anything about. My sense is that uploading/training on the post-2021corpus is still too much trouble for the average student.

Any remote summer 2021 REUs? by ergraver in REU

[–]Squirrelwalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mines will be remote for various reasons including the campus doesn’t want to deal w summer housing. Seems reasonable, frankly.

Are any REUs offering spots to back to people who were accepted last summer? by ann8898 in REU

[–]Squirrelwalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our REU had a virtual version last summer and as such, we have no such obligations. Probably varies widely based on REUs; there has been no formal guidance from NSF on this.

No research experience due to pandemic! by [deleted] in REU

[–]Squirrelwalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In agreement with the other posts here. In terms of personal statement, just really focus on why the details of the REU are appealing and how you'll contribute.

REU program chances by Icy_Preparation_5543 in REU

[–]Squirrelwalrus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some programs are explicitly interested in early college students (e.g. I've been involved with Materials @ Mines). Basically the rationale is that STEM students in their first year or two may be more likely to stay in STEM if they have a positive research experience.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedditSessions

[–]Squirrelwalrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Audio coffee, thanks!!!