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Huang’s unapologetic stance on AI is bracing in its way, especially in contrast with the public hand-wringing of many AI chieftains, fretting about the dangers of their LLMs while continuing to develop them.
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James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
His role evolved from master teacher to tribal chieftain to God himself.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Not even Saddam’s core constituency of Sunnis was immune from frequent pogroms; countless relatives of Saddam, party officials, generals, and tribal chieftains were liquidated over the years.
—Ali Khedery, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2015
Some of his converts had apparently established a small community which had been raided by a war band commanded by a British chieftain who was at least nominally Christian himself.
—Terry O'Hagan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Mar. 2015
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James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
His role evolved from master teacher to tribal chieftain to God himself.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
Not even Saddam’s core constituency of Sunnis was immune from frequent pogroms; countless relatives of Saddam, party officials, generals, and tribal chieftains were liquidated over the years.
—Ali Khedery, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2015
Some of his converts had apparently established a small community which had been raided by a war band commanded by a British chieftain who was at least nominally Christian himself.
—Terry O'Hagan, JSTOR Daily, 17 Mar. 2015
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“Chieftain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chieftain. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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