Jonas PerssonMajor Hering’s Question Revisited: On Biden and the Nuclear CodesTest launch of a Peacekeeper ICBM at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Credit: Wikipedia.Jul 6Jul 6
Jonas PerssonLies, Damn Lies, and Statistics: On the AI Success Rate FallacyWhen Google released its machine translation service in 2006, it was based on statistical analysis of bilingual text corpora. The results…Apr 28Apr 28
Jonas PerssonCheck Mate, GPT: The Dangers of Mistaking Reasoning for Pattern RecognitionIn 1892, a four-year-old boy in Havana was watching his father play chess with a friend. Having no idea what the the game was about, he…Jun 4, 2023Jun 4, 2023
Jonas PerssonThe Algorithmic Switcheroo: Charting a Course Between Creativity and Correction“[A] single word even may be the spark of inextinguishable thought.” — Percy Shelley, “A Defence of Poetry” (1821)Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
Jonas PerssonCelebrating the Great Disappointment of Property LawWe are heading toward another Great Disappointment — one that will force us to reconsider our hallowed notions of property rights.Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
Jonas PerssonCorona Catastrophe: How Sweden’s “Strategy” was Based on MiscalculationTo understand how an agency with a sterling track record would resort to Ministry of Truth tactics and browbeat opponents into silence…Apr 25, 2020Apr 25, 2020
Jonas PerssonRepeal the unconstitutional ban on non-citizen votingThe federal ban on non-citizen voting is not only unconstitutional, it flies in the face of US history.Oct 5, 2019Oct 5, 2019