Jonathan MuganThe top 30 books to expand the capabilities of AI: a biased reading listLarge language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT are surprisingly good, but they can’t expand human knowledge because they only interpolate…Aug 241Aug 241
Jonathan MuganRLlib for Deep Hierarchical Multiagent Reinforcement LearningReinforcement learning (RL) is an effective method for solving problems that require agents to learn the best way to act in complex…Sep 15, 20223Sep 15, 20223
Jonathan MuganIntroducing ThoughtLog: The Free Automatic DiaryOur thoughts are our experience in this world, and our worries, memories, and plans are the only real testimony to our existence. Moment by…Apr 1, 2022Apr 1, 2022
Jonathan MuganMicrosoft Flight Simulator 2020 is an inflection point for virtual worlds and our ownMicrosoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2020 doesn’t just feel real; it almost is real. You see the same objects and relationships when you look…Sep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020
Jonathan MuganGenerating Natural-Language Text with Neural NetworksComputers are illiterate. Reading requires mapping the words on a page to shared concepts in our culture and commonsense understanding, and…Jul 22, 2018Jul 22, 2018
Jonathan MuganinTowards Data ScienceWhy is there life? And what does it have to do with AI?I love when my old questions get answered. Twenty years ago, I lay awake wondering why life exists. Now, after reading books like…Dec 30, 201711Dec 30, 201711
Jonathan MuganinIntuition MachineChatbots: Theory and PracticeThere’s a lot of fluff surrounding chatbots, so I wrote this post to lay out the basics. I first review the theory of conversation to give…Jul 19, 20174Jul 19, 20174
Jonathan MuganinChatbots MagazineYou and Your Bot: A New Kind of Lifelong RelationshipIn my last blog post, I discussed how computers could understand natural language by simulating our world. Such an understanding would…May 2, 20173May 2, 20173
Jonathan MuganinChatbots LifeComputers could understand natural language using simulated physicsComputers currently understand us by mapping what we say to symbols or vectors and then performing inference based on those data…Apr 4, 20172Apr 4, 20172
Jonathan MuganinIntuition MachineThe Two Paths from Natural Language Processing to Artificial IntelligenceWhy isn’t Siri smarter? AI has accelerated in recent years, especially with deep learning, but current chatbots are an embarrassment…Feb 8, 20175Feb 8, 20175