USB-C for all, PHP 4EVA, and what do LLMs actually know (if anything)?

<p>Ben is watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@aiexplained-official">AI Explained</a>, a YouTube channel that covers the latest AI developments and their implications. </p><p>Read Ryan’s article ​​<a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/07/03/do-large-language-models-know-what-they-are-talking-about/">Do large language models know what they are talking about?</a>.</p><p>Is language really unique to humans? <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/magazine/animal-communication.html">New research</a> suggests maybe not.</p><p>Not for the first time, Ryan recommends the work of Noam Chomsky: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Why-Only-Us-Language-Evolution/dp/0262533499"><i>Why Only Us: Language and Evolution</i></a>, an evolutionary account of language acquisition in humans written with Robert C. Berwick.</p><p>OverflowAI search is now available for alpha testing. Learn more <a href="https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/426432/overflowai-search-is-now-available-for-alpha-testing-september-13-2023">here</a>.</p><p>Good news for your cable clutter: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-03/apple-september-12-event-iphone-15-charging-port-change-to-usb-c-from-lightning-lm3gn2hs">Apple is switching</a> to USB-C charging ports. Here’s <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/1341317/lightning-usb-c-iphone-ipad-airpods-magic-mouse-earpods.html">when</a>.</p><p>The WGA (Writers Guild of America) strike ended with an agreement that “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/oct/01/hollywood-writers-strike-artificial-intelligence">allows for artificial intelligence as a tool, not a replacement</a>,” but the arguments about creativity, copyright, and AI are <a href="https://gizmodo.com/ai-this-week-the-hollywood-writers-strike-may-have-end-1850877755">far from over</a>.</p><p>If you’re interested in working with PHP, head over to the <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/collectives/php">PHP Collective</a> and check out conversations like <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/collectives/ph