Diary 2023-12-04

• The author of “Ajin” has left the company, and the artist is now working on the next installment.

Can Generalist Foundation Models Outcompete Special-Purpose Tuning? Case Study in Medicine

• Past successes don’t always work.

Regarding “Japan’s productivity is not bad if we look at GDP per 15-64 year old population

• Employment in that age group is growing in Japan to begin with.
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• Ranking is greatly affected by “which point in time is 100”.
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ShinnKikuchi The “Japan’s productivity is not bad” thesis, if you take into account the employment rate and exchange rate, Japan is 6th among the G7.

During this period, Japan’s employment-population ratio is rising relative to other countries in segments such as women and the elderly. So we should not have illusions about Japan by looking at GDP per 15-64 year old population, as the original paper did.

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• When the weak retaliate, society realizes the cost of discrimination.

• Showing one’s face is bad culture

• People choose the option with the least amount of work.

• There are two kinds of “complexity.”

• Japan’s Collectivism Score 180th out of 188 countries

• Diary 2023-12-03 ← Diary 2023-12-04 → Diary 2023-12-05 100 days ago Diary 2023-08-26. 1 year ago Diary 2022-12-04.

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