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Graphs before anyone knew what they were

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Michael Friendly and Howard Wainer have a new book out: A History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication. Visualization still seems like a relatively new thing. Tags: book , history , Howard Wainer , Michael Friendly , New Yorker. Putting this in my queue and hoping it’s back in stock soon.

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Toddlers and stochastic parrots

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For The New Yorker, Angie Wang draws parallels between toddler learning behavior and training large language models , but more importantly, where they diverge. Tags: AI , children , illustration , New Yorker They are the least useful, the least creative, and the least likely to pass a bar exam.

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