David WeinbergerChatGPT on the couchIn which it acknowledges it just might be psychotic6 min read·Jul 24, 2023----
David WeinbergerGoogle 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…11 min read·Apr 25, 2023----
David WeinbergerchatGPT 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…22 min read·Apr 24, 2023----
David Weinberger“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…4 min read·Apr 1, 2023--1--1
David WeinbergerTopic: The Supreme Court is hearing a case about whether section 230 exempts Google from…A thought from one of my favorite philosophers, Richard Rorty:2 min read·Feb 22, 2023----
David WeinbergerinLevel 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…3 min read·Mar 28, 2022----
David WeinbergerinPeople + AI ResearchJust 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.7 min read·Apr 27, 2021--1--1
David WeinbergerTV 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…4 min read·Feb 9, 2021--1--1
David WeinbergerinPeople + AI ResearchHashtags and ConfidenceWill we learn from ML to attach confidence levels to much of what we say? The rise of hashtags gives clues.5 min read·Jan 21, 2021--2--2
David WeinbergerinPeople + AI ResearchConfidence everywhereFor machine learning, expressing a lack of confidence can be a sign of strength.4 min read·Oct 16, 2020--1--1