Tech blogs and book reviews. Managed by Adrian Josele Quional, MEng AI. Created December 2025. GitHub : github.com/ajgquional LinkedIn : in...
It is undeniable that Large Language Models (LLMs) grew in popularity with the rise of ChatGPT in 2022. The technology seemed magical – ask it anything and it would respond as if one talks to a fellow human. Back then, I don't recall people calling ChatGPT an "LLM" (personally, I think the term became popular afterwards) but rather as simply a "chatbot." The latter term is more popular as the…
The Master and Margarita is a beautiful book, blending fantasy and reality to leave behind a moral diagnosis of power, evil, and responsibility.
Fed by countless tributaries, the Amazon River is not defined by any single stream but by their convergence. In much the same way, the idea of a "master algorithm" imagines machine learning as a unifying process — where seemingly disparate methods such as linear regression, decision trees, support vector machines, and neural networks are not rivals, but parts of a larger whole. Does such a…
This book strongly reminded me of AI Superpowers (which I've written about here ), particularly in how it frames Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a geopolitical force rather than a purely technical achievement. Like Kai-Fu Lee, Amy Webb situates AI within the growing rivalry between the United States and China. However, The Big Nine extends this discussion in a way I had not fully appreciated…
Is the future of war autonomous? One of the strengths of The Sentient Machine by Amir Husain is how it grounds abstract discussions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in concrete application domains. The book explores AI's growing role in healthcare, cybersecurity, warfare, and finance, offering a pragmatic view of how intelligent systems are already reshaping critical aspects of modern society.…
"The distinction between us and robots is going to disappear." This is Dr. Rodney A. Brooks ' closing message in Flesh and Machines . According to Brooks, humans — viewed from a certain perspective — are already machines: our bodies operate according to physical laws, biological constraints, and internal rules that govern perception and action. This is a position I largely agree with.…
Heads-up display (HUD) systems demonstrate human–machine collaboration by integrating computational assistance into real-time pilot decision-making. Aside from surveying the many applications of robots across different environments — Sea, Air, War, and Space — what I appreciated most about Our Robots, Ourselves is how the author, Dr. David A. Mindell , systematically dismantles what he…
The first Artificial Intelligence (AI) book I read wasn't about algorithms, coding, or the "heroes of AI" — rather, it was about competition, culture, and compassion. Instead of focusing on the "basics of machine learning," it explores the geopolitics of AI between China and the United States (US), reminiscent — though on a smaller scale — of the Space Race between the US and the…
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet After much contemplation, I have finally decided to setup a Bear Blog, mainly to house a collection of my writeups on tech (and anything about my academic interests) and book reviews (ranging from classical literature to popular science/tech books). It feels "cheesy" of me to write an introductory post why I have decided to setup and eventually write on this…