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Philosophical notes on LLMs 1: form without content

What follows are some of notes trying to understand large language models with the help of different philosophical theories. I'm incredibly out of my element, so treat this text as experimental. As the title implies, more may follow. Large language models are completion models Form without content: Searle Empty words: Plato, Aristotle Chatter: Kierkegaard, Heidegger Notes Large language models are…

Notes filosòfiques sobre la IA 1: forma sense contingut

El que segueix són unes notes intentant entendre els models de llenguatge extensos ( large language models ) amb l'ajuda de diferents teories filosòfiques. Sóc completament fora del meu element, així que aquest text ha de ser tractat com a experimental. Com el títol implica, potser en seguiran més. Els models de llenguatge extensos són models que completen Forma sense contingut: Searle Paraules…

Pay or Spain: Crònica del mur de pagament de la premsa espanyola

El gener de 2024 la premsa espanyola va afegir, coordinadament i per sorpresa, un mur de cookies que passava a demanar als lectors un pagament a canvi de preservar les dades personals, el que es coneix com "pay or okay" (paga o accepta-ho). En aquesta crònica intento reunir les causes d'aquest canvi, la relació amb el Reglament Europeu de Protecció de Dades, i per què les institucions europees…

This post has been generated with Eleventy

As the title says, this blog is now generated with Eleventy , or 11ty as they call it. I thought I would write a little bit about my experience translating this blog, which comes from a static Wordpress, from Jekyll to 11ty. I have opinions , so skip what doesn't interest you: In the beginning was Wordpress Jekyll is great, but... Hi, my friends call me 11ty What the hell is a pagination?…

Git rebase doesn't do what you think

As xkcd says , Git is an awesome tool, but if something goes wrong just delete everything and download a fresh copy. One of these "oops" moments is git rebase . The cool brother of git merge is as powerful as misunderstood. I am writing this post because sometimes it surprises me that so many people will stumble upon common rebasing pitfalls. What I want to explain in this post is the following:…

Simple Sabotage Field Manual

The Simple Sabotage Field Manual was a collection of simple sabotage techniques gathered by the Office of Strategic Services (predecessor of the CIA) during World War II to be distributed among workers in enemy countries and disrupt their industry and military. Despite being used in 1944, many of its methods will be familiar to 21st century readers. Notably, some techniques come from observing…

The case for a better web

There is a growing discontent around the current state of the World Wide Web. Web 1.0 felt like a place of freedom and creativity. Maybe I'm being romantic, for sure had to have its issues... But remember the whimsical sites in Geocities, the simplicity of email discussion lists or the anonymity of IRC? That air of innocence has vanished. For good. A few decades later it has become a dystopian…

Esta web no utiliza cookies

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Aquest lloc web no utilitza galetes

Aquest lloc web no utilitza galetes. No recull les teves dades per millorar la teva experiència de navegació, ni serveix anuncis personalitzats ni analitza el teu trànsit. No has de consentir a res per a una experiència de navegació òptima. No has de configurar la teva configuració de privacitat a través d'una llista de centenars de socis. Aquest lloc web no sap si estàs utilitzant un bloquejador…