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They are coming

While I do believe that it is impressive what has been accomplished already with “AI”, there’s also this: We’re nowhere near a place where bots can steal your job, we’re certainly at the point where your boss can be suckered … Continue reading

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Me and ChatGPT hallucinating together

Let me start by saying that I am very impressed by what Large Language Models (LLMs) have produced in computing, the most famous example being ChatGPT. It is incredible that you can have what feels like a conversation with an … Continue reading

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Edge cases

One of the challenges of software development is finding and dealing with edge cases, situations that only occur at extreme operating parameters. And there are always a lot of those. As software developers, we are used to this and sometimes … Continue reading

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Bad AI

Here’s an example of why “AI”* need supervision. The example is from simulated runs of an armed drone, sent to destroy SAM sites: He notes that one simulated test saw an AI-enabled drone tasked with a SEAD mission to identify … Continue reading

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The “Toy Story” of 2d animation?

Watch this anime – over the top, ridiculous, and stylish, from Corridor Digital: (Youtube) Then watch how they did it – on Youtube they have an abbreviated version but on CorridorDigital they say have a complete open source guide for … Continue reading

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Training computers to lie

As I’ve said, ChatGPT is impressive. It’s “artificial intelligence” in the form that is 1) artificial and 2) we still don’t know what intelligence really is; it’s machine learning but it is impressive. Of course, the computer doesn’t know what … Continue reading

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We still don’t have artificial intelligence

ChatGPT is an impressive machine learned application that can respond seemingly intelligently to questions and requests. And yet, sometimes it fails spectacularly. I tried to duplicate it myself, setting it up for the classic feathers joke, but by now it … Continue reading

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One of those Gmail features that sound great on paper

If you get a confirmation email for an event, a restaurant or hotel, Google will likely add this to your Calendar automatically. This sounds great on paper and once I found out, I disabled the feature for my account. Which … Continue reading

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An idea for a really useful AI tool

(yes, it’s a ML tool, but more people will get the headline when I write AI) It’s a supplement to this idea from Randall Munroe/xkcd: An idea that Youtube added for a short while as an option. — The idea … Continue reading

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AI enhanced images

Topaz Lab’s Gigapixel AI is currently one the best image-upscaling tools for the commercial market and the results are usually impressive. Sometimes a bit too impressive, such as “Gigapixel AI Accidentally Added Ryan Gosling’s Face to This Photo“: This reminds … Continue reading

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