As a software developer I’ve seen big changes in the way managers work with teams, but generative artificial intelligence has taken it to a new level. One of my colleagues – loosely in the role of a “product owner” – is using generative AI to create a sequence of report documents that – they hope – will assist me to solve some of the technical challenges. Let’s see how well that particular…
Back to the farm
Figure 1. Asterix and Obelix look for Permit A38
Sometimes, people who had shown a glimmering of understanding, manage to demonstrate that they too do not get it. Today’s example is from Sharknado III’s President himself, Mark Cuban.
Okay, I’m cross. Not just a little bit cross, very cross.
One of the challenges of cloud hosting is keeping the costs down. There are just so many moving parts, and costs very quickly mount up. And if you, like me, often get approached by companies who want to cut your AWS bills, you can read on, because I had a lot of these, and none of them could shave off even a cent or two.
As those of you I’ve met in person may know, I’ve been exploring the use of tiny language models to generate inspirational quotes, ideally on small embedded devices. So this is part update, and part reflections, given the challenges of trying to make these models fit for purpose.
Okay, I’ve just about had it with folks in today’s artificial intelligence community misusing the Turing test. I’m so done with the lot of them. They’re making all sorts of misrepresentations and misunderstandings, sinning left, right, centre.
I have spent a fabulous couple of days at a workshop on AI and testing run by James Bach, Jon Bach, and Michael Bolton, thinking about the challenges of testing (and building) systems which have significant and complex AI going on inside them. I have always admired this testing community, and its drive to make technology better. And they’ve given me much to think about, which is also great.
Is the concept of intellectual property implicitly forcing us to apply a feudal style of ownership to ideas? And if so, what does this mean for society and the greater good?