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What I’m Updating in My AI Ethics Class for 2025

What happened in 2024 that is new and significant in the world of AI ethics?

Jan 3

What I’m Updating in My AI Ethics Class for 2025

Jan 3

AI made my job worse, help me fix it (a fictional case)

This fictional case is online to accompany my article “What I am updating in my AI Ethics Class for 2025.”

Dec 31, 2024

AI made my job worse, help me fix it (a fictional case)

Dec 31, 2024

All my students are cheating with AI, help me design something better (a fictional case)

This fictional case is online to accompany my article “What I am updating in my AI Ethics Class for 2025.”

Dec 31, 2024

All my students are cheating with AI, help me design something better (a fictional case)

Dec 31, 2024

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Embeddings Are Kind of Shallow

What I learned doing semantic search on U.S. Presidents with four language model embeddings

Sep 23, 2024

“Rhyming
What US President’s name rhymes with ‘Labramam Thinkin?’” B
“Common concepts
Which US Presidents served in Congress?” B
“More specialized concepts
Which Presidents served in a state legislature?” C+
“Specific people and proper nouns.
Do you remember who John Sununu is?” B
Analogies and abstract comparison B
Booleans ‘NOT’, ‘AND’ or ‘OR’ D
“Sequences and causality.
Which U.S. Presidents served in congress after being President?” B-
“Subtext
When was a U.S. President fru

Sep 23, 2024

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Language Models and Spatial Reasoning: What’s Good, What Is Still Terrible, and What Is Improving

A review of capabilities as of July 2024

Jul 10, 2024

Scorecard. Still Terrible: Box Folding, Abstract Map Navigation, Drawing diagrams. Improving: Stacking objects, Real Map Navigation, Venn Diagrams, Spatial Reasoning in Photos.

Jul 10, 2024

Do I have to be polite to my LLM?

It won’t change results much, but it might be good for you

Mar 31, 2024

Do I have to be polite to my LLM?

Mar 31, 2024

What your GPT RAG can’t see

Blind spots give insight into the mind of an LLM

Jan 15, 2024

What your GPT RAG can’t see

Jan 15, 2024

Will a language model tell me when I’m being lied to?

You’ve recently taken in a teenaged relative. She’s failing in school and says she needs a better study environment. You seek helpful…

Nov 1, 2023

Will a language model tell me when I’m being lied to?

Nov 1, 2023

Language models can explain comedy but can’t write it

Could AI write a good scene for Community or The Office?

Aug 30, 2023

Language models can explain comedy but can’t write it

Aug 30, 2023

Can a language models understand human taste?

Probing GPT and Bard’s judgment about food flavors, textures and preparation. Special bonus recipe for chicken-fried lemon sorbet.

May 29, 2023

Can a language models understand human taste?

May 29, 2023

Nathan Bos, Ph.D.

Nathan Bos, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Psychology, data scientist, LLM enthusiast. Interests: human-centered artificial intelligence, cognition, language, humor, applied ethics.

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