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The Fundamental Extrapolation Error
What we talk about when we talk about AI is hypotheticals. Safety, capabilities, prospects; paths, dangers, strategies; “bigger than the internet,” “the…
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Jon Evans
We interrupt this Substack for some truly shameless self-promotion
Don't worry, it only happens once a decade.
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Jon Evans
August 2023
LLMs are agents of chaos
And chaos is good, actually.
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Jon Evans
The Original Large Language Machine
Accept no substitutes. Catalyze those changes.
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Jon Evans
July 2023
The robots are coming! The robots are coming!
...For real this time. Eventually.
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June 2023
The fine art of fine-tuning
LLMs are the new microprocessors ... until/unless they aren't.
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Extropia's Children Redux
All surreal contents tabled in one convenient location.
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The Insufficient Weirdness Hypothesis
The future ain't what it used to be. In fact it never was.
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May 2023
LLMemento
"OK, so what am I doing? I'm chasing this guy ... no, he's chasing me."
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We Need To Talk About Deep Delving
Things have been kind of crazy in mining recently. I mean, _really_ crazy.
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April 2023
Attention is all you need to understand
Unfortunately, it is also true that attention must be paid.
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Jon Evans
It is difficult to make AI predictions, especially about the future
But many brave souls have tried, and their successes and failures are instructive
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