PinnedPaul Pallaghy, PhDThe untold story of digital logic & the *real* world’s first computer: From relays to the Z3Who first realized how binary arithmetic works? Or that it could be implemented electrically?Aug 71Aug 71
PinnedPaul Pallaghy, PhDIt’s fascinating to ponder what it means for AI to ‘understand’ somethingI’ve been thinking about this for 45 years since I was 6 or 7.Mar 2216Mar 2216
PinnedPaul Pallaghy, PhDHere’s why people believe doom and gloom science BUT NOT the green tech guysWe can ABSOLUTELY solve climate change in around 15–20 years (barring WW3) and it’ll be cheaper than running the fossil fuel plants.Apr 9, 202328Apr 9, 202328
Paul Pallaghy, PhDIs AGI as simple as LLM + . . the right routing?I consider LLMs to be much, much closer to AGI than most other commentators.1d ago21d ago2
Paul Pallaghy, PhDLLMs are intelligent, emergence machines. ‘Next word prediction’ is just the final step.If you test by responses (and not expect internal consciousness which can’t be tested for anyway), LLMs are indeed ‘bottled intelligence’.5d ago15d ago1
Paul Pallaghy, PhDPaper claiming correlations suggest excess deaths were mostly not Covid is hugely flawedCorrelation can be very misleading in time series studies.Aug 101Aug 101
Paul Pallaghy, PhDWhy brains *must* operate by similar mechanisms to ANNs & LLMsIrrespective of the differences between brains and ANNs or LLMs, our brains do of course have underlying mechanisms.Aug 62Aug 62