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, 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’.1d ago11d ago1
Paul Pallaghy, PhDPaper claiming correlations suggest excess deaths were mostly not Covid is hugely flawedCorrelation can be very misleading in time series studies.6d ago6d ago
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
Paul Pallaghy, PhDThe MSM is going surreal: Is anyone buying the ‘Can Tesla pivot to AI’ articles?Journals like Ars Technia are questioning that Tesla will need to now pivot to AI, can they possibly do it?Aug 61Aug 61
Paul Pallaghy, PhDHow we know that brains & ANNs operate similarlyThe brain is not a computer. But . . Aug 61Aug 61