OpenAI Codex Demo: AI which translates natural language into code. More: “OpenAI Codex is a descendant of GPT-3; its training data contains both natural language and billions of lines of source code from publicly available sources, including code in public GitHub repositories. OpenAI Codex is most capable in Python, but it is also proficient in over a dozen languages including JavaScript, Go, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Swift and TypeScript, and even Shell. It has a memory of 14KB for Python code, compared to GPT-3 which has only 4KB—so it can take into account over 3x as much contextual information while performing any task.”
Donald Boudreaux: “My goal – by teaching basic, foundational, principles of microeconomics – is to inoculate students against the bulk of the common economic myths that they’ll encounter throughout their lives – myths such as that the great abundance of goods and services available to us denizens of modernity is the result of a process that can be easily mimicked or understood in detail by smart people or planners – that the market value of goods or services can be raised as desired by price floors (such as a legislated minimum wages) or lowered as desired by price ceilings (such as rent controls) – that benefits can be created without costs – that government is an institution capable of rising above the realities that ensure that private institutions never perform ‘perfectly’ – that intentions are results – that destruction of property is a source of prosperity – that exchange across political boundaries differs in economically meaningful ways from exchange that takes place within political boundaries – that the only consequences that occur or that matter are those that are easily anticipated and seen.”
Morgan Housel: “It’s easier to blame other people’s mistakes on stupidity and greed than our own. That’s because when you make a mistake, I judge it solely based on what I see. It’s quick and easy. But when I make a mistake there’s a long and persuasive monologue in my head that justifies bad decisions and adds important context other people don’t see. Everyone’s like that. It’s normal. But it’s a problem, because it makes it easy to underestimate your own flaws and become too cynical about others.”
