Colin FraserHallucinations, Errors, and DreamsOn why modern AI systems produce false outputs and what there is to be done about it34 min read·Apr 18, 2024--33--33
Colin FraserGenerative AI is a hammer and no one knows what is and isn’t a nailThis analogy is going to seem a bit tortured but bear with me. Imagine a world without hammers. You’re driving nails into the wall with…35 min read·Feb 22, 2024--20--20
Colin FraserWelcome To Hell, OpenAINilay Patel wrote a clairvoyant piece in The Verge shortly after Elon Musk bought Twitter called Welcome to hell, Elon, welcoming Elon Musk…10 min read·Feb 2, 2023--22--22
Colin FraserChatGPT: Automatic expensive BS at scaleI recall vividly the first time I saw a screenshot from ChatGPT. It was in this Tweet.39 min read·Jan 28, 2023--58--58
Colin FraserTarget didn’t figure out a teen girl was pregnant before her father didAnd that one article that said they did was silly and bad8 min read·Jan 4, 2020--10--10
Colin FraserDeep Learning is Shallow ThinkingThree Fundamental Things That Deep Learning Can’t Do12 min read·Nov 15, 2018--1--1
Colin FraserinExtra NewsfeedWhat the recent study on the Seattle Minimum Wage Experiment actually saysIn June 2017, a paper popped up by Jardim et. al at the National Bureau of Economic Research entitled Minimum Wage Increases, Wages, and…14 min read·Jul 3, 2017----
Colin FraserRefugees to the United States pay $21,000 more in taxes than they receive in benefits, and other…A thorough summary of a recent NBER working paper12 min read·Jun 15, 2017----