AI Doesn’t Think Like UsFrom Adam to the Flood was about 1,656 years, and Abraham lived a few hundred years after the Flood. Other time markers in Scripture…Sep 23, 2024Sep 23, 2024
A quick guide for academics writing for a broad readershipThe two differences between academic and trade books…Aug 9, 20241Aug 9, 20241
Three introductions to Jacob CollierAfter a lot of work, study, and silent prayer, I’ve chosen three works to help you fall in love with Jacob Collier the way I have…Aug 6, 2024Aug 6, 2024
The V.A.N.C.E System of VotingA new weighted system of voting to solve the problem that the US being run by “childless cat ladies” with no stake in the future,Aug 1, 20241Aug 1, 20241
Controlling AI’s ImaginationA Large Language Model (LLM) such as ChatGPT or Gemini has a setting called “temperature” that controls the randomness of its responses…Jul 12, 2024Jul 12, 2024
Google Bard on why we should believe itYesterday I asked chatGPT about why it presents its answers with such confidence, especially since it also tells us to be careful about…Apr 25, 2023Apr 25, 2023
chatGPT on why it pretends to know thingsI had a conversation with chatGPT this morning about its making factual claims while “understanding” that it has no knowledge of the world…Apr 24, 2023Apr 24, 2023
“ChatGPT, please improve The Gettysburg AddressThis morning I asked chatGPT to suggest revisions to a draft of an opinion piece I’m writing. About half of the ten it came up with were…Apr 1, 20231Apr 1, 20231
Topic: The Supreme Court is hearing a case about whether section 230 exempts Google from…A thought from one of my favorite philosophers, Richard Rorty:Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
Published inLevel Up CodingSemantic WordleThere’s a new version of Wordle called Semantle — not one that I “predicted” — that wants you to find the target word by looking not for a…Mar 28, 2022Mar 28, 2022
Published inPeople + AI Research BlogJust Different Enough: AI Recommendations, Newsfeeds, Jokes, and Civil SocietyIf “just different enough” were simply a quantitative measure of difference, recommendations would be easy. Alas, it is not.Apr 27, 20211Apr 27, 20211
TV triumphs over theater. At last.This is the year in which the epic battle between theater and TV was settled. Television has won. Not everything, should, or will turn…Feb 9, 20211Feb 9, 20211
Published inPeople + AI Research BlogHashtags and ConfidenceWill we learn from ML to attach confidence levels to much of what we say? The rise of hashtags gives clues.Jan 21, 20212Jan 21, 20212
Published inPeople + AI Research BlogConfidence everywhereFor machine learning, expressing a lack of confidence can be a sign of strength.Oct 16, 20201Oct 16, 20201
Published inPeople + AI Research BlogMaking data meaningless so AI can map its meaningBy David WeinbergerSep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020
Comedic Craft vs. Funny PeopleI just listened to an excellent Marc Maron interview with Jerry Seinfeld.Aug 11, 20201Aug 11, 20201
Published inPeople + AI Research BlogMachine learning’s triangle of errorHow machine learning thinks about its errors turns out to be a handy life skill.Aug 4, 2020Aug 4, 2020
Published inPeople + AI Research BlogLike what?Using TCAV to find out what matters.Jul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020
Published inOneZeroMachine Learning Widens the Gap Between Knowledge and UnderstandingAnd gives us the tools for our next evolutionary stepApr 15, 201924Apr 15, 201924
