Hallucinations, Errors, and DreamsOn why modern AI systems produce false outputs and what there is to be done about itApr 18, 2024A response icon37Apr 18, 2024A response icon37
Generative 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…Feb 22, 2024A response icon25Feb 22, 2024A response icon25
Who are we talking to when we talk to these bots?Feb 27, 2023A response icon4Feb 27, 2023A response icon4
Welcome 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…Feb 2, 2023A response icon24Feb 2, 2023A response icon24
ChatGPT: Automatic expensive BS at scaleI recall vividly the first time I saw a screenshot from ChatGPT. It was in this Tweet.Jan 28, 2023A response icon62Jan 28, 2023A response icon62
Target didn’t figure out a teen girl was pregnant before her father didAnd that one article that said they did was silly and badJan 4, 2020A response icon10Jan 4, 2020A response icon10
Deep Learning is Shallow ThinkingThree Fundamental Things That Deep Learning Can’t DoNov 15, 2018A response icon1Nov 15, 2018A response icon1
Published inExtra 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…Jul 3, 2017Jul 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 paperJun 15, 2017Jun 15, 2017