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Hallucinations, Errors, and Dreams

On why modern AI systems produce false outputs and what there is to be done about it

Apr 18, 2024
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Hallucinations, Errors, and Dreams
Hallucinations, Errors, and Dreams
Apr 18, 2024
37

Generative AI is a hammer and no one knows what is and isn’t a nail

This 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…

Feb 22, 2024
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Generative AI is a hammer and no one knows what is and isn’t a nail
Generative AI is a hammer and no one knows what is and isn’t a nail
Feb 22, 2024
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Who are we talking to when we talk to these bots?

Feb 27, 2023
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Who are we talking to when we talk to these bots?
Who are we talking to when we talk to these bots?
Feb 27, 2023
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Welcome To Hell, OpenAI

Nilay Patel wrote a clairvoyant piece in The Verge shortly after Elon Musk bought Twitter called Welcome to hell, Elon, welcoming Elon Musk…

Feb 2, 2023
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Welcome To Hell, OpenAI
Welcome To Hell, OpenAI
Feb 2, 2023
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ChatGPT: Automatic expensive BS at scale

I recall vividly the first time I saw a screenshot from ChatGPT. It was in this Tweet.

Jan 28, 2023
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ChatGPT: Automatic expensive BS at scale
ChatGPT: Automatic expensive BS at scale
Jan 28, 2023
62

Pie Charts Are Good

It’s fine. Use them.

May 19, 2022
Pie Charts Are Good
Pie Charts Are Good
May 19, 2022

Target didn’t figure out a teen girl was pregnant before her father did

And that one article that said they did was silly and bad

Jan 4, 2020
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Target didn’t figure out a teen girl was pregnant before her father did
Target didn’t figure out a teen girl was pregnant before her father did
Jan 4, 2020
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Deep Learning is Shallow Thinking

Three Fundamental Things That Deep Learning Can’t Do

Nov 15, 2018
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Deep Learning is Shallow Thinking
Deep Learning is Shallow Thinking
Nov 15, 2018
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What the recent study on the Seattle Minimum Wage Experiment actually says

In June 2017, a paper popped up by Jardim et. al at the National Bureau of Economic Research entitled Minimum Wage Increases, Wages, and…

Jul 3, 2017
What the recent study on the Seattle Minimum Wage Experiment actually says
What the recent study on the Seattle Minimum Wage Experiment actually says
Jul 3, 2017

Refugees 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 paper

Jun 15, 2017
Jun 15, 2017
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