Eric NicholsNeurIPS 2023I’m attending NeurIPS in New Orleans! I’ll collect some notes here based on talks I attend.Dec 11, 2023Dec 11, 2023
Eric NicholsAI Safety: LLMs, Nuclear Bombs, and the Demon CoreThere has been a lot of talk about AI safety recently with the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) — impressive systems such as ChatGPT…May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
Eric NicholsCatching GPT-4 in an Infinite LoopI’ve been in the AI field for decades: I did a Ph.D. on the topic of AI models for music cognition (advisor: Douglas Hofstadter) and I’ve…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Eric NicholsGPT-Echo ChamberLike so many others in the AI field, I’ve been surprised/impressed with what large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, GPT-4, etc. can…Mar 29, 20231Mar 29, 20231
Eric Nichols(Re-)Reading Hofstadter’s “I Am a Strange Loop”When I started my Ph.D. at Indiana University to study with Doug Hofstadter, he was in the midst of writing I Am a Strange Loop.Jul 31, 2022Jul 31, 2022
Eric NicholsJust Create a New Music TheoryI spent nine years working on my Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and graduated with a Joint Ph.D. in Computer Science…Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022