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author | Anthony Wang | 2024-11-27 19:31:41 -0500 |
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committer | Anthony Wang | 2024-11-27 19:32:00 -0500 |
commit | 7d643cb976e859291e8910147255afc8e2b30400 (patch) | |
tree | c6d8d261b06a3582f9e921cfac02675cc00558f5 /content | |
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Fix wrong backslashes in 854rap post, add perf date
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diff --git a/content/posts/854-rap.md b/content/posts/854-rap.md index d2c650f..3f51cb4 100644 --- a/content/posts/854-rap.md +++ b/content/posts/854-rap.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ In November 30, 2022, ChatGPT was released. Actually, this has nothing to do wit 6.854, now known as 6.5210, is MIT's Advanced Algorithms class taught by Professor David Karger, known for being a great but tough class. Back in November 2022, some friends and I were taking the class, and fortunately, none of the assignments involve writing a rap about algorithms, but we decided to write one anyways for fun and perform it in-class. (We also orchestrated a live performance of a splay tree with humans representing the nodes, but it ended up being too hectic.) -Now this was back before ChatGPT, so all we had was RhymeZone and our brains. Fortunately, we had a total of four brains among us, so it wasn't too difficult to come up with something: +Now this was back before ChatGPT (I think we performed it on 11-30 which is the same day ChatGPT came out), so all we had was RhymeZone and our brains. Fortunately, we had a total of four brains among us, so it wasn't too difficult to come up with something: ``` How to be smart: be lazy @@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ Jumping, situps, diamond pushups Karger! Larger brain charger! ``` -Now of course, anyone these days can simply ask a large language model to write a rap about splay trees or linear programming, but the LLM-generated raps have a very different feel or vibe to them. LLMs are great at picking the "right" word, whereas we often picked weird words like "The best kind of trees \ Cooler than antifreeze" or "Want it even faster? Use push relabel \ But its time complexity is a fishy fable". (I'm mainly picking on those lines because I remember I was the one who wrote them.) +Now of course, anyone these days can simply ask a large language model to write a rap about splay trees or linear programming, but the LLM-generated raps have a very different feel or vibe to them. LLMs are great at picking the "right" word, whereas we often picked weird words like "The best kind of trees / Cooler than antifreeze" or "Want it even faster? Use push relabel / But its time complexity is a fishy fable". (I'm mainly picking on those lines because I remember I was the one who wrote them.) And it turned out the 854 rap wasn't just fun, it was also helpful for finding a research project to join. Last year, I emailed Professor Karger about research opportunities and mentioned the 854 rap. As silly as it sounds, it worked and I quickly received a reply! |