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?3d ago13d ago1
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, PhDPaper claiming correlations suggest excess deaths were mostly not Covid is hugely flawedCorrelation can be very misleading in time studies.9h ago9h 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.4d ago24d ago2
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?4d ago14d ago1
Paul Pallaghy, PhDHow we know that brains & ANNs operate similarlyThe brain is not a computer. But . . 4d ago14d ago1
Paul Pallaghy, PhDAI-based web search will help us all find crucial obscure hits . . that may not (yet) be popularThis is undeniably true.4d ago4d ago
Paul Pallaghy, PhDEvidence that brains work like artificial neural netsI often argue with people — most of whom are not neuroscientists, biophysicists, theorists, computational biologists or AI guys (I’m the…5d ago45d ago4
Paul Pallaghy, PhDChatbots that mimic famous scientists are *not* even slightly ‘misuses of AI’There’s a pandemic going around of overreacting to the plan to create a chatbot to mimic, for example, Alan Turing.6d ago6d ago