Eric NicholsNeurIPS 2023I’m attending NeurIPS in New Orleans! I’ll collect some notes here based on talks I attend.1 min read·Dec 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…·6 min read·May 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…14 min read·Apr 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…6 min read·Mar 29, 2023--1--1
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.·13 min read·Jul 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…·7 min read·Jul 25, 2022----