Gradient Descent Is Not Learning, But Evolution
When a human improves their skills or knowledge, we call that process “learning”.
As Clay Awakens
Assorted musings on artificial intelligence. Come for the bad takes, stay for the good times.
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Context Is More Than A Length-Measuring Contest
It's not about the size of the context, it's about how well your model can use it.
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Delegating To Computers
Three strategies for describing what you want
Where Bayes Falls Short
Bayes' theorem is a useful tool in some domains, but leaves something to be desired when it comes to updating one's beliefs.
I'm Not Worried About An AI Apocalypse
Yet another opinion piece on the potential for risks to humanity
We Aren't Close To Creating A Rapidly Self-Improving AI
The current paradigm will not lead to an overnight superintelligence explosion.
Deep Learning Is Better Than Linear Regression
A hype-free introduction for the curmudgeonly data scientist
Pageslaughter
A new crime enabled by AI progress
Moving To Substack
I’m moving my blog to Substack, mostly for the email distribution list.