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The Codex App Has Upended My Daily Workflow I haven't opened my IDE in days. I'm not sure I miss it.
2nd Feb 2026
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The Codex App Has Upended My Daily Workflow

from Artificial Ignorance [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Feb 2026
I haven't opened my IDE in days. I'm not sure I miss it.
14th Oct 2025
Is Writing as Important as Coding? As careers grow, how does the balance between writing & coding change? Hear from 4 tech leaders.
4th Oct 2020
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Is Writing as Important as Coding?

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Oct 2020
As careers grow, how does the balance between writing & coding change? Hear from 4 tech leaders.
Vision Transformers are Overrated Vision transformers (ViTs) have seen an incredible rise in the past four years. They have an obvious...
29th Dec 2023
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Vision Transformers are Overrated

from Frank’s Ramblings [alt+shift+b] in AI

29th Dec 2023
Vision transformers (ViTs) have seen an incredible rise in the past four years. They have an obvious upside: in a visual recognition setting, the receptive field of a pure ViT is effectively the entire image 1. In particular, vanilla ViTs maintain the quadratic time complexity...
New blog - moving from Medium to Gridsome Why and how I moved from Jekyll and Medium to Gridsome.
29th Dec 2022
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New blog - moving from Medium to Gridsome

from Piotr Migdał's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

29th Dec 2022
Why and how I moved from Jekyll and Medium to Gridsome.
How Verifier Loops Made AI Coding Useful | The Rise of Vibeware, Abandonware and Technical Debt as... How did unintelligent, hallucinating AI progress from nearly useless to writing entire, complex...
22nd Mar 2026
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22nd Mar 2026
How did unintelligent, hallucinating AI progress from nearly useless to writing entire, complex applications and at what cost?
2024 Year in Review 2024 was the year I realised the downside to selling your company, working 3 years in-purchaser, and...
6th Jan 2025
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2024 Year in Review

from Woody Hayday [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th Jan 2025
2024 was the year I realised the downside to selling your company, working 3 years in-purchaser, and then taking a year out to heal. You can get totally out of the groove. I launched stuff, I pivoted, I embraced new tech; but I also saw where the landscape of software...
Jetstream: Shrinking the AT Proto Firehose by >99% Bluesky recently saw a massive spike in activity in response to Brazil’s ban of Twitter. As a...
24th Sep 2024
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Jetstream: Shrinking the AT Proto Firehose by >99%

from Jaz's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

24th Sep 2024
Bluesky recently saw a massive spike in activity in response to Brazil’s ban of Twitter. As a result, the AT Proto event firehose provided by Bluesky’s Relay at bsky.network has increased in volume by a huge amount. The average event rate during this surge increased by...
AI Indulgence at your Convenience Now Available: AI Indulgences Good news, everyone! I’m selling AI indulgences so you can avoid...
11th Jun 2023
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AI Indulgence at your Convenience

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

11th Jun 2023
Now Available: AI Indulgences Good news, everyone! I’m selling AI indulgences so you can avoid AI-based retaliation for your past and future transgressions. 2023-06 Update: Due to accelerating AI advances, the rate is increased from 0.01% per day to 0.05% per day starting June...
Don’t Let a Data Leak Sink Your Project One of the bigger risks of iterative statistical or machine learning fitting procedures is over-fit...
6th May 2025
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Don’t Let a Data Leak Sink Your Project

from Win Vector LLC [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th May 2025
One of the bigger risks of iterative statistical or machine learning fitting procedures is over-fit or the dreaded data leak. Over-fit is when: a model performs better on training data than on future data. Some degree of over-fit is expected. A data leak is when: the model learns...
Formalizing Fermat workshop I’m organizing a workshop in London on July 6th to 10th (2026) whose goal is to work on my...
15th May 2026
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Formalizing Fermat workshop

from Xena [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th May 2026
I’m organizing a workshop in London on July 6th to 10th (2026) whose goal is to work on my EPSRC-funded project formalizing Fermat’s Last theorem in Lean. The initial aim of the project was to reduce FLT to theorems known … Continue reading →
Shape, Symmetries, and Structure: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Machine Learning Research What is the Role of Mathematics in Modern Machine Learning? The past decade has witnessed a shift in...
16th Nov 2024
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16th Nov 2024
What is the Role of Mathematics in Modern Machine Learning? The past decade has witnessed a shift in how progress is made in machine learning. Research involving carefully designed and mathematically principled architectures result in only marginal improvements while...
DataKind Singapore’s Latest Project Accelerator Guest post of how DataKind SG worked with NGOs to frame their problems and suggests solutions
17th Sep 2015
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DataKind Singapore’s Latest Project Accelerator

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

17th Sep 2015
Guest post of how DataKind SG worked with NGOs to frame their problems and suggests solutions
Linguistic Bias in ChatGPT: Language Models Reinforce Dialect Discrimination Sample language model responses to different varieties of English and native speaker...
20th Sep 2024
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Linguistic Bias in ChatGPT: Language Models Reinforce Dialect Discrimination

from The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Sep 2024
Sample language model responses to different varieties of English and native speaker reactions. ChatGPT does amazingly well at communicating with people in English. But whose English? Only 15% of ChatGPT users are from the US, where Standard American English is the default. But...
VC Office Hours Talk to James Wang, author of Weighty Thoughts and General Partner of Creative Ventures
5th Feb 2024
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VC Office Hours

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Feb 2024
Talk to James Wang, author of Weighty Thoughts and General Partner of Creative Ventures
ADHD tech stack: auto time tracking A few tips on apps for automatic time tracking, especially for people with ADHD: how to get...
19th May 2020
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ADHD tech stack: auto time tracking

from Piotr Migdał's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th May 2020
A few tips on apps for automatic time tracking, especially for people with ADHD: how to get immediate feedback: for actions, not guilt.
5th Jun 2026
Personality and Persuasion Learning from Sycophants
1st May 2025
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Personality and Persuasion

from One Useful Thing [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st May 2025
Learning from Sycophants
Nano Banana Pro is the best AI image generator, with caveats The problem with Nano Banana Pro is that it’s too good.
22nd Dec 2025
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Nano Banana Pro is the best AI image generator, with caveats

from Max Woolf's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

22nd Dec 2025
The problem with Nano Banana Pro is that it’s too good.
Odeon Plus I bought a membership to the movies and it's awesome
5th Sep 2023
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Odeon Plus

from Solving the decision problem [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Sep 2023
I bought a membership to the movies and it's awesome
Trying to instrument an agentic app with Arize Phoenix and litellm It’s important to instrument your AI applications! I hope this can more or less be taken as given...
3rd Jun 2025
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Trying to instrument an agentic app with Arize Phoenix and litellm

from Alex Strick van Linschoten [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Jun 2025
It’s important to instrument your AI applications! I hope this can more or less be taken as given just as you’d expect a non-AI-infused app to capture logs. When you’re evaluating your LLM-powered system, you need to have capture the inputs and outputs both at an end-to-end level...
The AI Executive Order AKA: “We’ll do something about it later”
17th Nov 2023
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The AI Executive Order

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

17th Nov 2023
AKA: “We’ll do something about it later”
Prevalence in News Media of Two Competing Hypotheses about COVID-19 Origins Published article Quick Twitter summary Introduction As of August 2021, the origins of the...
26th Aug 2021
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26th Aug 2021
Published article Quick Twitter summary Introduction As of August 2021, the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic remain a mystery. This essay summarizes a recent article I published about the prevalence in news media articles of two popular hypotheses...
The real risk of AI is how it concentrates power Friends with no previous interest in AI ethics have begun asking me questions in the wake of the...
28th Jul 2023
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The real risk of AI is how it concentrates power

from fast.ai [alt+shift+b] in AI

28th Jul 2023
Friends with no previous interest in AI ethics have begun asking me questions in the wake of the release of ChatGPT4, Bard, and Bing Chat. This new generation of large language models has made headlines and sparked widespread debate. To consider the risks posed by new AI...
Blockchain explained simply A blockchain is a distributed database. Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin are all different databases....
20th Apr 2021
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Blockchain explained simply

from seangoedecke.com RSS feed [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Apr 2021
A blockchain is a distributed database. Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin are all different databases. A blockchain node is a computer with an…
An Expert Review of A Fire Upon The Deep An Expert Review of A Fire Upon The Deep Over the years I’ve read A Fire Upon The Deep a couple...
1st Mar 2026
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An Expert Review of A Fire Upon The Deep

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Mar 2026
An Expert Review of A Fire Upon The Deep Over the years I’ve read A Fire Upon The Deep a couple times so here’s some stuff about it. I often see people get basic outright stated plot details wrong about it, so maybe this can be a cheat sheet if you believe it all. This page is in...
Emojin An infinite kaomoji generator
14th Jan 2017
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Emojin

from Made by Ollin [alt+shift+b] in AI

14th Jan 2017
An infinite kaomoji generator
How I ship projects at big tech companies I have shipped a lot of different projects over the last ~10 years in tech. I often get tapped to...
9th Nov 2024
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How I ship projects at big tech companies

from seangoedecke.com RSS feed [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Nov 2024
I have shipped a lot of different projects over the last ~10 years in tech. I often get tapped to lead new ones when it’s important to get…
4th Apr 2025
LinkedIn Highlights, June 2025 - AI Agents Edition Build smarter AI agents with six open-source tools and a bonus toolkit that optimizes Llama prompts...
13th Jul 2025
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LinkedIn Highlights, June 2025 - AI Agents Edition

from AI Tidbits [alt+shift+b] in AI

13th Jul 2025
Build smarter AI agents with six open-source tools and a bonus toolkit that optimizes Llama prompts by 45%
AI Play #4 AI Play #4 The Play-en-ing system> You are writing Aaron-Sorkin-esque characters in a JMS-like...
7th Mar 2023
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AI Play #4

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

7th Mar 2023
AI Play #4 The Play-en-ing system> You are writing Aaron-Sorkin-esque characters in a JMS-like sci-fi environment with fantasy elements. Please create a character sheet succintly describing 5 named characters, each having first and last names from 5 different cultures, each with...
Product Evals in Three Simple Steps Label some data, align LLM-evaluators, and run the eval harness with each change.
23rd Nov 2025
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Product Evals in Three Simple Steps

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

23rd Nov 2025
Label some data, align LLM-evaluators, and run the eval harness with each change.
AI companies are pivoting from creating gods to building products. Good. Turning models into products runs into five challenges
19th Aug 2024
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AI companies are pivoting from creating gods to building products. Good.

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th Aug 2024
Turning models into products runs into five challenges
Preceden’s Spam Problem Around a year ago, I started noticing some spammy timelines being created on Preceden, my SaaS...
20th Oct 2023
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Preceden’s Spam Problem

from Matt Mazur [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Oct 2023
Around a year ago, I started noticing some spammy timelines being created on Preceden, my SaaS timeline maker tool. I’m honestly surprised it took spammers so long: Preceden is a freemium product (meaning people can sign up and try it for free), the product makes it very easy to...
What Do LLMs Know About Linguistics? It Depends on How You Ask On the phenomenon of LLM sensitivity to prompting choices through two core linguistic tasks and...
9th Jul 2023
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9th Jul 2023
On the phenomenon of LLM sensitivity to prompting choices through two core linguistic tasks and categorize how specific prompting choices can affect the model's behavior.
Porting MiniJinja to Go With an Agent Turns out you can just port things now. I already attempted this experiment in the summer, but it...
14th Jan 2026
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Porting MiniJinja to Go With an Agent

from Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [alt+shift+b] in AI

14th Jan 2026
Turns out you can just port things now. I already attempted this experiment in the summer, but it turned out to be a bit too much for what I had time for. However, things have advanced since. Yesterday I ported MiniJinja (a Rust Jinja2 template engine) to native Go, and I used...
HintBot Hinting icons automatically with a neural network
6th Feb 2017
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HintBot

from Made by Ollin [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th Feb 2017
Hinting icons automatically with a neural network
Decoding T cells with AI I’m studying the intersection of AI and immunology, two notoriously jargon-heavy fields – but it’s...
8th Jul 2024
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Decoding T cells with AI

from Rachel Thomas, PhD [alt+shift+b] in AI

8th Jul 2024
I’m studying the intersection of AI and immunology, two notoriously jargon-heavy fields – but it’s important that scientists share their work with a broader audience. This 3-part series is an experiment: an accessible introduction to AI immunology concepts. This post is part 1 in...
AI Story AI Story: The Song of Broken Wings Claude did this a while ago in one session. It’s not entirely...
10th Aug 2025
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AI Story

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Aug 2025
AI Story: The Song of Broken Wings Claude did this a while ago in one session. It’s not entirely bad. The Song of Broken Wings Part One: Autumn Harmonics Chapter 1: The Boy Who Fell The first time Eliot Waugh saw him, the boy was bleeding music. Not blood—though there was that...
Friday Updates: Shipping AI Suggestions in Preceden, EmergentMind Growth and Brainstorming Preceden On Tuesday I shipped the v1 of Preceden’s new AI suggestions feature to 10% of new users: I...
3rd Feb 2023
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3rd Feb 2023
Preceden On Tuesday I shipped the v1 of Preceden’s new AI suggestions feature to 10% of new users: I had planned on slowly rolling it out to 100% of users over the course of a week or two, but my OpenAI costs were minimal on Tuesday so on Wednesday I said screw it and just […]
2025 State of AI Report and Predictions The 2025 State of AI Report is out, with lots of fun slides and a full video presentation.
10th Oct 2025
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2025 State of AI Report and Predictions

from Don't Worry About the Vase [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Oct 2025
The 2025 State of AI Report is out, with lots of fun slides and a full video presentation.
The lost civics lesson Notes From the Desk: No. 25 - 2024.02.12
13th Feb 2024
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The lost civics lesson

from Mind Prison: Notes From the Desk [alt+shift+b] in AI

13th Feb 2024
Notes From the Desk: No. 25 - 2024.02.12
Salmon in the Loop On fish counting – a complex sociotechnical problem in a field that is going through the process of...
16th Dec 2023
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Salmon in the Loop

from The Gradient [alt+shift+b] in AI

16th Dec 2023
On fish counting – a complex sociotechnical problem in a field that is going through the process of digital transformation.
Your Immune System is Not a Muscle That which doesn’t kill you… Some people compare the immune system to a muscle, suggesting that the...
12th Aug 2024
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Your Immune System is Not a Muscle

from Rachel Thomas, PhD [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Aug 2024
That which doesn’t kill you… Some people compare the immune system to a muscle, suggesting that the more you use it, the stronger it gets. Who doesn’t love an analogy? But is this one accurate? We can see that not all obstacles make you stronger. Destroy the cartilage in your...
(started posting on Medium instead) The current state of this blog (with the last post 2 years ago) makes it look like I’ve disappeared....
20th Jan 2018
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(started posting on Medium instead)

from Andrej Karpathy blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Jan 2018
The current state of this blog (with the last post 2 years ago) makes it look like I’ve disappeared. I’ve certainly become less active on blogs since I’ve joined Tesla, but whenever I do get a chance to post something I have recently been defaulting to doing it on Medium because...
Uniform Thought Machines: Global Competition for Attention How social media is a failed experiment of a global socialization space that became a competition...
1st Jul 2025
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Uniform Thought Machines: Global Competition for Attention

from Mind Prison [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Jul 2025
How social media is a failed experiment of a global socialization space that became a competition battleground for attention
Tech policy is only frustrating 90% of the time That’s what makes it worthwhile
3rd Apr 2024
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Tech policy is only frustrating 90% of the time

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Apr 2024
That’s what makes it worthwhile
Let's talk about AI power costs It's important, but a lot of recent attention has been concern-trolling
6th Aug 2024
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Let's talk about AI power costs

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th Aug 2024
It's important, but a lot of recent attention has been concern-trolling
13th Aug 2024
Headless software How do we design software when users use it primarily through agents?
20th Apr 2026
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Headless software

from maragu’s blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Apr 2026
How do we design software when users use it primarily through agents?
Bot Milk? I come from dairy-farming stock. My grandfather, the original Harry Goldstein, owned a herd of dairy...
1st May 2025
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Bot Milk?

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st May 2025
I come from dairy-farming stock. My grandfather, the original Harry Goldstein, owned a herd of dairy cows and a creamery in Louisville, Ky., that bore the family name. One fateful day in early April 1944, Harry was milking his cows when a heavy metallic part of his homemade...
Agency and Agents From the Hugging Face Incident to Twilight Factories
31st Aug 2026
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Agency and Agents

from One Useful Thing [alt+shift+b] in AI

31st Aug 2026
From the Hugging Face Incident to Twilight Factories
Now is The Best Time to Be a Software Engineer (ML for SWEs 9) Machine learning for software engineers 5-5-25
5th May 2025
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Now is The Best Time to Be a Software Engineer (ML for SWEs 9)

from Society's Backend: Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th May 2025
Machine learning for software engineers 5-5-25
Progress on TimelineGPT, Emergent Mind missteps, finding balance Hey all 👋! It’s been a minute since my last post (for reasons I’ll get into below) so here’s...
27th Mar 2023
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27th Mar 2023
Hey all 👋! It’s been a minute since my last post (for reasons I’ll get into below) so here’s periodic update on what I’ve been up to: TimelineGPT About two months ago I launched an in-app tool for Preceden that provides GPT-powered event suggestions to users to help them build...
DataTalksClub - Building an ML System; Behind the Scenes Design and architecture, tech stack, methodology, results, and lessons learned.
7th Feb 2021
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DataTalksClub - Building an ML System; Behind the Scenes

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

7th Feb 2021
Design and architecture, tech stack, methodology, results, and lessons learned.
From Deep Learning Foundations to Stable Diffusion We’ve released our new course with over 30 hours of video content.
4th Apr 2023
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From Deep Learning Foundations to Stable Diffusion

from fast.ai [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Apr 2023
We’ve released our new course with over 30 hours of video content.
What We've Learned From A Year of Building with LLMs From the tactical nuts & bolts to the operational day-to-day to the long-term business strategy.
12th May 2024
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What We've Learned From A Year of Building with LLMs

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th May 2024
From the tactical nuts & bolts to the operational day-to-day to the long-term business strategy.
Refactoring won't save you from a layoff With the recent flurry of US federal firings, many people are pointing and laughing at the...
1st Mar 2025
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Refactoring won't save you from a layoff

from seangoedecke.com RSS feed [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Mar 2025
With the recent flurry of US federal firings, many people are pointing and laughing at the Trump-voting federal employees who are just now…
AI #149: 3 The Rationalist Project was our last best hope that we might not try to build it.
1st Jan 2026
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AI #149: 3

from Don't Worry About the Vase [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Jan 2026
The Rationalist Project was our last best hope that we might not try to build it.
OMSCS CS6601 (Artificial Intelligence) Review and Tips OMSCS CS6601 (Artificial Intelligence) - First, start with the simplest solution, and then add...
20th Dec 2018
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OMSCS CS6601 (Artificial Intelligence) Review and Tips

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Dec 2018
OMSCS CS6601 (Artificial Intelligence) - First, start with the simplest solution, and then add intelligence.
The Gentle Singularity We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital...
10th Jun 2025
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The Gentle Singularity

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Jun 2025
We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital superintelligence, and at least so far it’s much less weird than it seems like it should be. Robots are not yet walking the streets, nor are most of us talking to AI all day. People...
Replacing my MacBook I’ve been trying to replace my MacBook. I switched from an iPhone to a Z Fold 5 (and now a Z Fold 7)...
28th Nov 2025
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Replacing my MacBook

from the singularity is nearer [alt+shift+b] in AI

28th Nov 2025
I’ve been trying to replace my MacBook. I switched from an iPhone to a Z Fold 5 (and now a Z Fold 7) which went well, so I’ve been trying to do the same with my laptop. For phones, this was easier because the Samsung hardware is already better. Sadly, there’s no better laptop...
What Exoskeletons Learned From One Relentless User It’s easy to assume that Robert Woo was defined by the accident that took away his ability to...
1st Apr 2026
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What Exoskeletons Learned From One Relentless User

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Apr 2026
It’s easy to assume that Robert Woo was defined by the accident that took away his ability to walk. Certainly, the day of his accident—14 December 2007—was a turning point. Woo, an architect working on the new Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York City, hadn’t attended his...
OMSCS CS6300 (Software Development Process) Review and Tips OMSCS CS6300 (Software Development Process) - Java and collaboratively developing an Android app.
13th Aug 2017
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13th Aug 2017
OMSCS CS6300 (Software Development Process) - Java and collaboratively developing an Android app.
ML for SWEs 66: Safety is a fundamental AI engineering requirement The debate about prioritizing speed or safety is over and reality has made the decision for us.
10th Sep 2025
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ML for SWEs 66: Safety is a fundamental AI engineering requirement

from Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Sep 2025
The debate about prioritizing speed or safety is over and reality has made the decision for us.
I Built My Resume In Markdown Resume creation is often overcomplicated with clunky word processors and
3rd Dec 2024
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I Built My Resume In Markdown

from Dylan Huang Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Dec 2024
Resume creation is often overcomplicated with clunky word processors and
Red Alert: OpenAI is poised to cross an AI safety redline. Making models harder to monitor is not what we need
2nd Sep 2026
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Red Alert: OpenAI is poised to cross an AI safety redline.

from Marcus on AI [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Sep 2026
Making models harder to monitor is not what we need
To grieve, or not to grieve? Recent events in the field of AI for mathematics have shown us beyond all reasonable doubt that the...
a week ago
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To grieve, or not to grieve?

from Xena [alt+shift+b] in AI

a week ago
Recent events in the field of AI for mathematics have shown us beyond all reasonable doubt that the field is currently undergoing a rapid transformation, unlike anything that we have ever seen before. Language models are solving hard problems which … Continue reading →
People keep anthropomorphizing AI. Here’s why Companies and journalists both contribute to the confusion
22nd Feb 2023
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People keep anthropomorphizing AI. Here’s why

from AI Snake Oil [alt+shift+b] in AI

22nd Feb 2023
Companies and journalists both contribute to the confusion
Announcing LASEC: LLM Application Security Executive Certification Including a never before seen exploit from PromptArmor's cutting edge threat intelligence team.
20th Mar 2024
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Announcing LASEC: LLM Application Security Executive Certification

from PromptArmor Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Mar 2024
Including a never before seen exploit from PromptArmor's cutting edge threat intelligence team.
Idea Generation The most common question prospective startup founders ask is how to get ideas for startups. The...
28th May 2020
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Idea Generation

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

28th May 2020
The most common question prospective startup founders ask is how to get ideas for startups. The second most common question is if you have any ideas for their startup. But giving founders an idea almost always doesn’t work. Having ideas is among the most important qualities for...
How to Keep Learning about Machine Learning Beyond getting that starting role, how does one continue growing in the field?
19th Jan 2022
1

How to Keep Learning about Machine Learning

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th Jan 2022
Beyond getting that starting role, how does one continue growing in the field?
the appeal what does the creator owe you
7th Sep 2026
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the appeal

from Solving the decision problem [alt+shift+b] in AI

7th Sep 2026
what does the creator owe you
What does a Data Scientist really do? No, you don't need a PhD or 10+ years of experience.
30th Apr 2019
1

What does a Data Scientist really do?

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

30th Apr 2019
No, you don't need a PhD or 10+ years of experience.
I own my LLM chat history, and so should you Like the rest of the world, I’ve embraced chatting to large language models (LLMs) as part of my...
24th Oct 2024
1

I own my LLM chat history, and so should you

from maragu’s blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

24th Oct 2024
Like the rest of the world, I’ve embraced chatting to large language models (LLMs) as part of my professional and personal life. These thoughts-in-writing are important to me, and that’s why I keep a history of them on my own machine. And so should you.
Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research if you want to do world-class research, temperament matters more than talent
15th Jun 2026
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Zen and the Art of Machine Learning Research

from Token for Token [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Jun 2026
if you want to do world-class research, temperament matters more than talent
AGI is not a milestone There is no capability threshold that will lead to sudden impacts
1st May 2025
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AGI is not a milestone

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st May 2025
There is no capability threshold that will lead to sudden impacts
What exactly does word2vec learn? What exactly does word2vec learn, and how? Answering this question amounts to understanding...
1st Sep 2025
2

What exactly does word2vec learn?

from The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Sep 2025
What exactly does word2vec learn, and how? Answering this question amounts to understanding representation learning in a minimal yet interesting language modeling task. Despite the fact that word2vec is a well-known precursor to modern language models, for many years, researchers...
Exploring Chess Positions and Counts Introduction In our earlier article “How Many Chess Games are Possible?” we derived that the number...
11th Feb 2026
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Exploring Chess Positions and Counts

from Win Vector LLC [alt+shift+b] in AI

11th Feb 2026
Introduction In our earlier article “How Many Chess Games are Possible?” we derived that the number of typical short chess games is around 10151. This turned out to be much larger than the “Shannon number” 10120 side-note from Shanon’s remarkable 1950 paper “Programming a...
The bait and switch behind AI risk prediction tools Toronto recently used an AI tool to predict when a public beach will be safe. It went horribly awry....
17th Nov 2022
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The bait and switch behind AI risk prediction tools

from AI Snake Oil [alt+shift+b] in AI

17th Nov 2022
Toronto recently used an AI tool to predict when a public beach will be safe. It went horribly awry. The developer claimed the tool achieved over 90% accuracy in predicting when beaches would be safe to swim in. But the tool did much worse: on a majority of the days when the...
Data science intro for math/phys background Academia to data science? Learn Python (or R), machine learning and other stuff.
15th Mar 2016
26

Data science intro for math/phys background

from Piotr Migdał's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Mar 2016
Academia to data science? Learn Python (or R), machine learning and other stuff.
Do text embeddings perfectly encode text? 'Vec2text' can serve as a solution for accurately reverting embeddings back into text, thus...
5th Mar 2024
97

Do text embeddings perfectly encode text?

from The Gradient [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Mar 2024
'Vec2text' can serve as a solution for accurately reverting embeddings back into text, thus highlighting the urgent need for revisiting security protocols around embedded data.
Influencing without Authority for Data Scientists Show them the data, the Socratic method, earning trust, and more.
4th Jul 2021
1

Influencing without Authority for Data Scientists

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Jul 2021
Show them the data, the Socratic method, earning trust, and more.
agent-shell: your output, your storage agent-shell: stop spilling your outputs since the beginning of time, ai agents have wanted one thing...
6th Sep 2026
1

agent-shell: your output, your storage

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th Sep 2026
agent-shell: stop spilling your outputs since the beginning of time, ai agents have wanted one thing at one thing only: redirecting stderr to stdout then piping the output to head or tail or grep or sed or awk. That’s all they really want. Except, they do it wrong the majority of...
Fermat’s Last Theorem — how it’s going So I'm two months into trying to teach a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem to a computer. We already...
11th Dec 2024
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Fermat’s Last Theorem — how it’s going

from Xena [alt+shift+b] in AI

11th Dec 2024
So I'm two months into trying to teach a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem to a computer. We already have one interesting story, which I felt was worth sharing. Continue reading →
The Method Google Used to Reduce LLM Size by 66% A brief overview of knowledge distillation and its capabilities
5th Jul 2024
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The Method Google Used to Reduce LLM Size by 66%

from Society's Backend: Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Jul 2024
A brief overview of knowledge distillation and its capabilities
Weekly Backend #5: 55 Resources The inner workings of transformers, Machine Learning Q and AI, machine learning classifies harmful...
3rd May 2024
87

Weekly Backend #5: 55 Resources

from Society's Backend: Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd May 2024
The inner workings of transformers, Machine Learning Q and AI, machine learning classifies harmful viruses, and more
Can modern LLMs actually count the number of b's in "blueberry"? It’s an adversarial question for LLMs, but it’s not unfair.
12th Aug 2025
1

Can modern LLMs actually count the number of b's in "blueberry"?

from Max Woolf's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Aug 2025
It’s an adversarial question for LLMs, but it’s not unfair.
Kelly Can’t Fail Introduction You may have heard of the Kelly bet allocation strategy. It is a system for correctly...
19th Dec 2024
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Kelly Can’t Fail

from Win Vector LLC [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th Dec 2024
Introduction You may have heard of the Kelly bet allocation strategy. It is a system for correctly exploiting information or bias in a gambling situation. It is also known as a maximally aggressive or high variance strategy, in that betting more than the Kelly selection can be...
Run Llama 2 uncensored locally This post will give some example comparisons running Llama 2 uncensored model versus its censored...
1st Aug 2023
1

Run Llama 2 uncensored locally

from Ollama [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Aug 2023
This post will give some example comparisons running Llama 2 uncensored model versus its censored model.
New paper: AI agents that matter Rethinking AI agent benchmarking and evaluation
3rd Jul 2024
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New paper: AI agents that matter

from AI Snake Oil [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Jul 2024
Rethinking AI agent benchmarking and evaluation
We are going to kill “unalive” I talk to a lot of old people, those who were born in the 20th century, and if I ask them what the...
a week ago
1

We are going to kill “unalive”

from Anil Dash [alt+shift+b] in AI

a week ago
I talk to a lot of old people, those who were born in the 20th century, and if I ask them what the word “unalive” means, they usually have no idea what I’m talking about, except for some of them who have kids or who study Internet culture. This will, of course, probably seem very...
How to scale RL to 10^26 FLOPs A roadmap for RL-ing LLMs on the entire Internet
10th Jul 2025
1

How to scale RL to 10^26 FLOPs

from Token for Token [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Jul 2025
A roadmap for RL-ing LLMs on the entire Internet
Everything Is a Spy Device and OpenAI’s New o1 Model Notes From the Desk: No. 35 - 2024.10.03
4th Oct 2024
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Everything Is a Spy Device and OpenAI’s New o1 Model

from Mind Prison: Notes From the Desk [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Oct 2024
Notes From the Desk: No. 35 - 2024.10.03
Ultrasound Makes Artificial Muscles Bubble to Life A soft gel filled with tiny bubbles might not look like much. But when pulsed with ultrasound waves,...
29th Oct 2025
1

Ultrasound Makes Artificial Muscles Bubble to Life

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in AI

29th Oct 2025
A soft gel filled with tiny bubbles might not look like much. But when pulsed with ultrasound waves, the material behaves like natural muscle: contracting, gripping, and lifting with surprising strength. The discovery, reported this week in Nature, introduces a new kind of...
What just happened, what is happening next The tasks AI can do well are expanding rapidly
9th Apr 2024
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What just happened, what is happening next

from One Useful Thing [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Apr 2024
The tasks AI can do well are expanding rapidly
Writing Skills for Long-Running Agents How to get the most out of long-running agentic workflows via skills and context engineering
7th Aug 2026
1

Writing Skills for Long-Running Agents

from AI for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

7th Aug 2026
How to get the most out of long-running agentic workflows via skills and context engineering
4th Mar 2024
All Political Systems Die Philosophy for Rebels 23 - System Failure
7th Mar 2025
1

All Political Systems Die

from Mind Prison [alt+shift+b] in AI

7th Mar 2025
Philosophy for Rebels 23 - System Failure
The Strength of Being Misunderstood A founder recently asked me how to stop caring what other people think. I didn’t have an answer, and...
1st Dec 2020
75

The Strength of Being Misunderstood

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Dec 2020
A founder recently asked me how to stop caring what other people think. I didn’t have an answer, and after reflecting on it more, I think it's the wrong question. Almost everyone cares what someone thinks (though caring what everyone thinks is definitely a mistake), and it's...
America Turns 250. Its Biggest Companies Never Do—And That's Great! AI is speeding up business turnover, which is exactly what the US is optimized for
3rd Jul 2026
1
3rd Jul 2026
AI is speeding up business turnover, which is exactly what the US is optimized for
How to Work and Compound with AI Context as infra, taste as config, verification for autonomy, scale via delegation, closing the...
3rd May 2026
1

How to Work and Compound with AI

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd May 2026
Context as infra, taste as config, verification for autonomy, scale via delegation, closing the loop.
How AI companies get around data regulation An overview of federated machine learning, why it exists, and why it's important
5th Feb 2025
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How AI companies get around data regulation

from Society's Backend: Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Feb 2025
An overview of federated machine learning, why it exists, and why it's important
LLM councils show groupthink perils and problems of LLM peer review
15th Jun 2026
1

LLM councils show groupthink

from Strange Loop Canon [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Jun 2026
perils and problems of LLM peer review
Brain dump on the diversity of AI risk window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} ...
10th Sep 2023
46

Brain dump on the diversity of AI risk

from Jascha’s blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Sep 2023
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-1XJMTJ5KCK'); .md h2 { font-size: 20px; } AI has the power to change the world in both wonderful and terrible ways. We should try to...
If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown Why and how to preserve digital content in plaintext format for long-term accessibility and reuse
17th Feb 2025
54

If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown

from Piotr Migdał's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

17th Feb 2025
Why and how to preserve digital content in plaintext format for long-term accessibility and reuse
Make Authenticity Great Again Notes From the Desk: No. 48 - 2025.08.02
2nd Aug 2025
1

Make Authenticity Great Again

from Mind Prison [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Aug 2025
Notes From the Desk: No. 48 - 2025.08.02
Formal or not formal? That is the question in AI for theorem proving. So it’s an interesting time for computers-doing-mathematics. A couple of interesting things happened...
22nd Oct 2025
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22nd Oct 2025
So it’s an interesting time for computers-doing-mathematics. A couple of interesting things happened in the last few days, which have inspired me to write about the question more broadly. First there is the question on whether computers will ever prove … Continue reading →
Improving Recommendation Systems & Search in the Age of LLMs Model architectures, data generation, training paradigms, and unified frameworks inspired by LLMs.
16th Mar 2025
1
16th Mar 2025
Model architectures, data generation, training paradigms, and unified frameworks inspired by LLMs.
Too big to fail? Get ready for chaos
2nd Nov 2025
1

Too big to fail?

from Marcus on AI [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Nov 2025
Get ready for chaos
One Definite Sign of a Bad Startup Idea If you can’t tell anyone about your startup idea, it's not a good idea
10th Oct 2021
43

One Definite Sign of a Bad Startup Idea

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Oct 2021
If you can’t tell anyone about your startup idea, it's not a good idea
How to think about evals Today was the first session of Hamel + Shreya’s course, “AI Evals for Engineers and PMs”. The first...
19th May 2025
1

How to think about evals

from Alex Strick van Linschoten [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th May 2025
Today was the first session of Hamel + Shreya’s course, “AI Evals for Engineers and PMs”. The first session was all about mental models for thinking about the topic as a whole, mixed in with some teasers of practical examples and advice. I’ll try to keep up with blogging about...
AI Apocalypse Update #33 AI Apocalypse Terminality Update #33 it is a fearful thing, to fall into the hands of the living...
4th Dec 2022
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AI Apocalypse Update #33

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Dec 2022
AI Apocalypse Terminality Update #33 it is a fearful thing, to fall into the hands of the living god The war on individual self-owned computing is accelerating. dead reckoning indicates imminent social and economic criticality. In the near future, your computer will only be a...
RecSys 2021 - Papers and Talks to Chew on Simple baselines, ideas, tech stacks, and packages to try.
3rd Oct 2021
1

RecSys 2021 - Papers and Talks to Chew on

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Oct 2021
Simple baselines, ideas, tech stacks, and packages to try.
Bandits for Recommender Systems Industry examples, exploration strategies, warm-starting, off-policy evaluation, and more.
8th May 2022
1

Bandits for Recommender Systems

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

8th May 2022
Industry examples, exploration strategies, warm-starting, off-policy evaluation, and more.
Scaling Go to 192 Cores with Heavy I/O For the past few months I’ve been working alongside Why, Jacob, Dan, and Divy on a new revision of...
10th Jan 2024
22

Scaling Go to 192 Cores with Heavy I/O

from Jaz's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Jan 2024
For the past few months I’ve been working alongside Why, Jacob, Dan, and Divy on a new revision of Bluesky’s global AppView. The AppView is a piece of infrastructure that aggregates posts, likes, follows, etc. from all across ATProto and merges them into a consistent view of the...
The End of Search, The Beginning of Research The first narrow agents are here
3rd Feb 2025
70

The End of Search, The Beginning of Research

from One Useful Thing [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Feb 2025
The first narrow agents are here
5 Lessons I Learned from Writing Online (Guest post by Susan Shu) Susan shares 5 lessons she gained from writing online in public over the past year.
7th Nov 2021
1
7th Nov 2021
Susan shares 5 lessons she gained from writing online in public over the past year.
Writing an LLM from scratch, part 21 -- perplexed by perplexity I'm continuing through chapter 5 of Sebastian Raschka's book "Build a Large Language Model (from...
7th Oct 2025
1
7th Oct 2025
I'm continuing through chapter 5 of Sebastian Raschka's book "Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch)", which covers training the LLM. Last time I wrote about cross entropy loss. Before moving on to the next section, I wanted to post about something that the book only...
let the code do the talking (why llms and safe sandboxes may change the basic contract between users and software)
13th Mar 2026
1

let the code do the talking

from Solving the decision problem [alt+shift+b] in AI

13th Mar 2026
(why llms and safe sandboxes may change the basic contract between users and software)
Redis Architecure Diagram (April 2015) Redis Architecture Diagram Ever wonder what Redis internals look like? They look something like the...
2nd Apr 2015
1

Redis Architecure Diagram (April 2015)

from matt.sh [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Apr 2015
Redis Architecture Diagram Ever wonder what Redis internals look like? They look something like the diagram(s) below. The pictures on this page and all associated materials are released free to the public for inclusion in any other materials/presentations/teachings/learnings. The...
15th Nov 2015
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CS183c Assignment #3

from Stories by Andrej Karpathy on Medium [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Nov 2015
Strata x Hadoop 2016 - How Lazada Ranks Products How Lazada ranks products to improve customer experience and conversion at Strata 2016.
9th Dec 2016
1

Strata x Hadoop 2016 - How Lazada Ranks Products

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Dec 2016
How Lazada ranks products to improve customer experience and conversion at Strata 2016.
World Models Can Change Everything If they work, AI can finally conquer the real world… but that’s a big “if”
6th May 2026
1

World Models Can Change Everything

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th May 2026
If they work, AI can finally conquer the real world… but that’s a big “if”
Setup macOS 2021 For Optimal Command Line Productivity Setup Modern Command Line Tools here’s a quick guide for setting up modern command line environments...
21st Nov 2021
1
21st Nov 2021
Setup Modern Command Line Tools here’s a quick guide for setting up modern command line environments on a fresh macOS Monterey 12+ as of late 2021. Enjoy. stop saving screenshots directly to destop We no longer need to defaults write com.apple.screencapture to stop all...
Pluralistic: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026) Today's links The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus: Do bounties for ICE whistleblowers...
2nd May 2026
1

Pluralistic: The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus (02 May 2026)

from Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd May 2026
Today's links The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus: Do bounties for ICE whistleblowers next! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Colbert v GWB; Wallaby milk; Jay Rosen's journalism precepts; Radical Media(TM); What is carried interest? TCP...
Data Science Project Quick-Start Hard-won lessons on how to start data science projects effectively.
6th Mar 2022
1

Data Science Project Quick-Start

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th Mar 2022
Hard-won lessons on how to start data science projects effectively.
Muse Glimmer from Meta Superintelligence Labs is now available Meta's Muse Glimmer, the first open model released by Meta Superintelligence Labs, is now available....
10th Aug 2026
1
10th Aug 2026
Meta's Muse Glimmer, the first open model released by Meta Superintelligence Labs, is now available. Muse Glimmer is a 30B multimodal model released under the Apache 2.0 license, designed for local coding agents, and accelerated by Ollama's MLX engine with new native DFlash and...
How to Build Your First Recommendation System (Easy) A step-by-step guide to training and serving a collaborative filtering model to serve users content
11th Nov 2025
1

How to Build Your First Recommendation System (Easy)

from AI for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

11th Nov 2025
A step-by-step guide to training and serving a collaborative filtering model to serve users content
Why now? What's behind our current AI boom?
4th Oct 2023
58

Why now?

from Artificial Ignorance [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Oct 2023
What's behind our current AI boom?
Learnings from a week of building with local LLMs I took the past week off to work on a little side project. More on that at some point, but at its...
15th Mar 2025
1

Learnings from a week of building with local LLMs

from Alex Strick van Linschoten [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Mar 2025
I took the past week off to work on a little side project. More on that at some point, but at its heart it’s an extension of what I worked on with my translation package tinbox. (The new project uses translated sources to bootstrap a knowledge database.) Building in an...
New Painting: Roger Waters Painted Roger Waters in the middle of a furious tirade against the evils of the empire.
1st Nov 2025
1

New Painting: Roger Waters

from Caitlin’s Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Nov 2025
Painted Roger Waters in the middle of a furious tirade against the evils of the empire.
Pluralistic: No one wants to read your AI slop (02 Mar 2026) Today's links No one wants to read your AI slop: If you must do this, for god's sake, do it...
2nd Mar 2026
1

Pluralistic: No one wants to read your AI slop (02 Mar 2026)

from Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Mar 2026
Today's links No one wants to read your AI slop: If you must do this, for god's sake, do it privately. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: AOL email tax; Ebook readers' bill of rights; Sanders media blackout. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent...
The latest AI scaling graph - and why it hardly makes sense Just a because a graph is intriguing doesn’t mean that it means very much
3rd May 2025
38

The latest AI scaling graph - and why it hardly makes sense

from Marcus on AI [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd May 2025
Just a because a graph is intriguing doesn’t mean that it means very much
Embracing weirdness: What it means to use AI as a (writing) tool AI is strange. We need to learn to use it.
5th Sep 2023
There’s no such thing as not a math person Many cultural factors, misconceptions, stereotypes, and obstacles turn people off to math.
15th Mar 2022
38

There’s no such thing as not a math person

from fast.ai [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Mar 2022
Many cultural factors, misconceptions, stereotypes, and obstacles turn people off to math.
How To Fall Behind in The Age of AI A very serious guide to artificial ignorance.
4th Jun 2025
34

How To Fall Behind in The Age of AI

from Artificial Ignorance [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Jun 2025
A very serious guide to artificial ignorance.
I'm writing a book! Why I've been gone over a month, and how you can help
25th Nov 2024
104

I'm writing a book!

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

25th Nov 2024
Why I've been gone over a month, and how you can help
Advice for New Principal Tech ICs (i.e., Notes to Myself) Based on what I've learned from role models and mentors in Amazon
19th Oct 2025
1

Advice for New Principal Tech ICs (i.e., Notes to Myself)

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th Oct 2025
Based on what I've learned from role models and mentors in Amazon
In the Iran war, it looks like AI helped with operations, not strategy A hot take on how AI may have played out in the war so far
1st Apr 2026
1
1st Apr 2026
A hot take on how AI may have played out in the war so far
Electricity Theft Is Rampant, but Delhi Found a Fix It’s disheartening how much power gets generated and then promptly lost as it travels through grid...
a week ago
1

Electricity Theft Is Rampant, but Delhi Found a Fix

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in AI

a week ago
It’s disheartening how much power gets generated and then promptly lost as it travels through grid networks. This leaking of electricity happens when it vanishes as heat as well as when it is pilfered by thieves and nonpaying customers. More than half of the countries that...
On the Societal Impact of Open Foundation Models Adding precision to the debate on openness in AI
27th Feb 2024
10

On the Societal Impact of Open Foundation Models

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

27th Feb 2024
Adding precision to the debate on openness in AI
Gaps and Risks of AI in the Life Sciences AI is being used to tackle high-impact scientific problems, including searching for new antibiotics...
9th Sep 2024
1

Gaps and Risks of AI in the Life Sciences

from Rachel Thomas, PhD [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Sep 2024
AI is being used to tackle high-impact scientific problems, including searching for new antibiotics to combat antibiotic-resistance and predicting what foreign substances the immune system can recognize as invaders. Amidst the excitement, it is important to keep in mind the gaps...
Ask Stupid Questions I’m convinced that after having a fourth or fifth child exhaustion kicks in and a person’s long-term...
7th Nov 2023
74

Ask Stupid Questions

from Society's Backend: Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

7th Nov 2023
I’m convinced that after having a fourth or fifth child exhaustion kicks in and a person’s long-term memory ceases to function properly. I’ve become victim to this and I’ve started taking very detailed notes during meetings. If my brain won’t store the information, something else...
Scientists should use AI as a tool, not an oracle How AI hype leads to flawed research that fuels more hype
3rd Jun 2024
10

Scientists should use AI as a tool, not an oracle

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Jun 2024
How AI hype leads to flawed research that fuels more hype
Avoid Mini-frameworks 没有简介, 请去看原文吧
24th Dec 2025
1

Avoid Mini-frameworks

from laike9m's blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

24th Dec 2025
没有简介, 请去看原文吧
Power and Weirdness: How to Use Bing AI Bing AI is a huge leap over ChatGPT, but you have to learn its quirks
2nd Mar 2023
80

Power and Weirdness: How to Use Bing AI

from One Useful Thing [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Mar 2023
Bing AI is a huge leap over ChatGPT, but you have to learn its quirks
Llama 3.2 Vision Llama 3.2 Vision 11B and 90B models are now available in Ollama.
6th Nov 2024
1

Llama 3.2 Vision

from Ollama [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th Nov 2024
Llama 3.2 Vision 11B and 90B models are now available in Ollama.
Three Observations Our mission is to ensure that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) benefits all of...
9th Feb 2025
62

Three Observations

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Feb 2025
Our mission is to ensure that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) benefits all of humanity.  Systems that start to point to AGI* are coming into view, and so we think it’s important to understand the moment we are in. AGI is a weakly defined term, but generally speaking we mean...
25 AI Predictions for 2025, from Marcus on AI With a review of last year’s predictions
1st Jan 2025
71

25 AI Predictions for 2025, from Marcus on AI

from Marcus on AI [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Jan 2025
With a review of last year’s predictions
Seeing Like A Network Dark Forests, Dense Networks
19th Jun 2024
132

Seeing Like A Network

from Strange Loop Canon [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th Jun 2024
Dark Forests, Dense Networks
ChatGPT is a bullshit generator. But it can still be amazingly useful The philosopher Harry Frankfurt defined bullshit as speech that is intended to persuade without...
6th Dec 2022
54
6th Dec 2022
The philosopher Harry Frankfurt defined bullshit as speech that is intended to persuade without regard for the truth. By this measure, OpenAI’s new chatbot ChatGPT is the greatest bullshitter ever. Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained to produce
After PyData Warsaw 2017 Links to talk and analysis of participants demographics and sign-up dynamics. From PyData Warsaw...
15th Nov 2017
21

After PyData Warsaw 2017

from Piotr Migdał's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Nov 2017
Links to talk and analysis of participants demographics and sign-up dynamics. From PyData Warsaw Conference 2017 (19-20 Oct 2017).
Agentic Coding Things That Didn’t Work Using Claude Code and other agentic coding tools has become all the rage. Not only is it getting...
30th Jul 2025
1

Agentic Coding Things That Didn’t Work

from Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [alt+shift+b] in AI

30th Jul 2025
Using Claude Code and other agentic coding tools has become all the rage. Not only is it getting millions of downloads, but these tools are also gaining features that help streamline workflows. As you know, I got very excited about agentic coding in May, and I’ve tried many of...
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? The number one question I get from my friends, acquaintances, and mentees in the technology industry...
5th Jan 2026
1
5th Jan 2026
The number one question I get from my friends, acquaintances, and mentees in the technology industry these days is, by far, variations on the basic theme of, “what the hell are we supposed to do now?” There have been mass layoffs that leave more tech workers than ever looking for...
RL without TD learning In this post, I’ll introduce a reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm based on an “alternative”...
1st Nov 2025
2

RL without TD learning

from The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Nov 2025
In this post, I’ll introduce a reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm based on an “alternative” paradigm: divide and conquer. Unlike traditional methods, this algorithm is not based on temporal difference (TD) learning (which has scalability challenges), and scales well to...
Scientists Just Connected the Dots Between Viruses and… Everything Most people catch many viruses in their lives– for example, over 90% of adults have Epstein-Barr...
6th Oct 2025
1

Scientists Just Connected the Dots Between Viruses and… Everything

from Rachel Thomas, PhD [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th Oct 2025
Most people catch many viruses in their lives– for example, over 90% of adults have Epstein-Barr virus, and adults catch the flu about once every 5 years. For a long time, catching frequent viruses was considered both inevitable and harmless. But it turns out that common,...
A Hackathon Where the Dinkiest Idea Won. Why? What I Learnt about evaluating ideas from first-hand participation in a hackathon.
3rd May 2020
1

A Hackathon Where the Dinkiest Idea Won. Why?

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd May 2020
What I Learnt about evaluating ideas from first-hand participation in a hackathon.
Time to Take a Stand It is time for tech companies to start speaking up about some of the actions taken by President...
28th Jan 2017
47

Time to Take a Stand

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

28th Jan 2017
It is time for tech companies to start speaking up about some of the actions taken by President Trump’s administration. There are many actions from his first week that are objectionable.  In repeatedly invoking unsubstantiated conspiracy theories (like the 3 million...
Product Classification API Part 1: Data Acquisition Parsing json and formatting product titles and categories.
11th Oct 2016
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Product Classification API Part 1: Data Acquisition

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

11th Oct 2016
Parsing json and formatting product titles and categories.
GPT 4 and the Uncharted Territories of Language Language is a source of limitation and liberation. GPT 4 pushes this idea to the extreme by giving...
20th Mar 2023
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GPT 4 and the Uncharted Territories of Language

from fast.ai [alt+shift+b] in AI

20th Mar 2023
Language is a source of limitation and liberation. GPT 4 pushes this idea to the extreme by giving us access to unlimited language.
Jakub and Szymon AI has gotten remarkably better in recent years; ChatGPT can do amazing things that we take for...
9th Sep 2025
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Jakub and Szymon

from Sam Altman [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Sep 2025
AI has gotten remarkably better in recent years; ChatGPT can do amazing things that we take for granted. This is as it should be, and is the story of human progress. But behind the blinking circle, nicely abstracted away, is the greatest story of human ingenuity I have ever seen....
27th Feb 2025
VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital We really, really need to talk about venture capital. Because it’s not “venture capital”...
2nd Sep 2026
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2nd Sep 2026
We really, really need to talk about venture capital. Because it’s not “venture capital” anymore. There’s a huge disconnect between what most people think of VC, where an investor has a big fund and cuts checks to help a founder build a company, and the current reality, where a...
How to build an AI search engine (Part 1) Working with Claude, Brave, and streaming responses.
2nd Oct 2024
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How to build an AI search engine (Part 1)

from Artificial Ignorance [alt+shift+b] in AI

2nd Oct 2024
Working with Claude, Brave, and streaming responses.
Mind the Gap from empire to umpire
9th Oct 2023
73

Mind the Gap

from Strange Loop Canon [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Oct 2023
from empire to umpire
The art of being an indie software consultant: a chat with John Berryman You know what’s both intriguing and challenging about the developer consulting world? It’s not just...
13th Dec 2024
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13th Dec 2024
You know what’s both intriguing and challenging about the developer consulting world? It’s not just about writing code, it’s about building a whole persona, finding the right clients, while somehow simultaneously also making sense of the rapidly evolving tech landscape.
Evaluations are all we need On analysing talent in LLMs
17th Jan 2024
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Evaluations are all we need

from Strange Loop Canon [alt+shift+b] in AI

17th Jan 2024
On analysing talent in LLMs
Shortages Create Opportunity Whether Real or From Export Controls
12th Oct 2025
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Shortages Create Opportunity

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Oct 2025
Whether Real or From Export Controls
OpenJarvis: a local-first personal AI is now available to run with Ollama OpenJarvis v1.0 is now available: an open-source framework for building personal AI agents that run...
28th May 2026
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28th May 2026
OpenJarvis v1.0 is now available: an open-source framework for building personal AI agents that run on your own hardware, with Ollama support built-in.
LLMs have special intelligence, not general, and that's plenty. “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
13th Mar 2024
90

LLMs have special intelligence, not general, and that's plenty.

from Strange Loop Canon [alt+shift+b] in AI

13th Mar 2024
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”
First impressions of the new Gemini Deep Research (with 2.5 Pro) Google released an updated iteration of their Deep Research tool that uses the new 2.5 Pro model....
8th Apr 2025
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First impressions of the new Gemini Deep Research (with 2.5 Pro)

from Alex Strick van Linschoten [alt+shift+b] in AI

8th Apr 2025
Google released an updated iteration of their Deep Research tool that uses the new 2.5 Pro model. This was taken from a post originally made on Twitter, so please excuse the terseness. First impressions: a bit too eager to jump into a deep research task even when I just ask a...
Generating Distinct AI Voice Performances By Prompt Engineering GPT-4o “You are an expert voice actor specializing in silly voices.”
23rd Oct 2024
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23rd Oct 2024
“You are an expert voice actor specializing in silly voices.”
AI And The Ship of Theseus Because code gets cheaper and cheaper to write, this includes re-implementations. I mentioned...
5th Mar 2026
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AI And The Ship of Theseus

from Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Mar 2026
Because code gets cheaper and cheaper to write, this includes re-implementations. I mentioned recently that I had an AI port one of my libraries to another language and it ended up choosing a different design for that implementation. In many ways, the functionality was the...
How I’m Reflecting on 2020 and Planning for 2021 Time to clear the cache, evaluate existing processes, and start new threads.
6th Dec 2020
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How I’m Reflecting on 2020 and Planning for 2021

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

6th Dec 2020
Time to clear the cache, evaluate existing processes, and start new threads.
6th Oct 2025
Start reading the AI Snake Oil book online The book will be published on September 24
10th Sep 2024
10

Start reading the AI Snake Oil book online

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Sep 2024
The book will be published on September 24
Ollama's new app Ollama's new app is now available for macOS and Windows.
30th Jul 2025
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Ollama's new app

from Ollama [alt+shift+b] in AI

30th Jul 2025
Ollama's new app is now available for macOS and Windows.
Rewiring the Internet: Commerce in the Age of AI Agents How commerce, payments, and marketing should evolve for an agent-mediated internet
19th Jan 2025
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Rewiring the Internet: Commerce in the Age of AI Agents

from AI Tidbits: AI Agents [alt+shift+b] in AI

19th Jan 2025
How commerce, payments, and marketing should evolve for an agent-mediated internet
What’s coming next for AI in 2024 A long overdue VC apocalypse and the birth of the first real AI companies
5th Jan 2024
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What’s coming next for AI in 2024

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Jan 2024
A long overdue VC apocalypse and the birth of the first real AI companies
Software engineering under the spotlight Think of a tech company as a giant, dimly-lit factory. Work goes on throughout the factory as...
12th Apr 2025
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Software engineering under the spotlight

from seangoedecke.com RSS feed [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Apr 2025
Think of a tech company as a giant, dimly-lit factory. Work goes on throughout the factory as components shuffle back and forth, and…
The political orientation of the ChatGPT AI system Applying the Pew Research Political Typology Quiz to a state-of-the-art AI Language model
5th Dec 2022
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The political orientation of the ChatGPT AI system

from David Rozado Substack [alt+shift+b] in AI

5th Dec 2022
Applying the Pew Research Political Typology Quiz to a state-of-the-art AI Language model
4th Nov 2025
1

OpenAI: The Battle of the Board: Ilya's Testimony

from Don't Worry About the Vase [alt+shift+b] in AI

4th Nov 2025
New Things Have Come To Light
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