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This might be as good as it gets for genAI
“The AI you use today is going to be the worst AI you ever use” is a phrase commonly shared by AI educators. This makes sense from a technical development perspective. Even if the scaling laws don’t hold, surely, we will find other ways to improve current genAI systems. While that is likely true, it…
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Does social media need more than attention?
For transformers and recommendation algorithms, it is all about attention. Social media platforms want to capture as much of your attention as possible in order to show you ads and collect metadata about you. LinkedIn recently notified users that it would utilize their content to train AI models unless they opt out. I’m curious if…
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A Wakeup Call for Tech Workers
Tech companies, and frankly, most of the knowledge work industry, have jumped at the opportunity to replace human workers with AI. This possibility was so enticing that they didn’t bother to wait to see if the technology’s promises were real. They may have shown their hand too soon. I believe that we are fortunate that…
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Reading Recap: October 2025
🚀More Everything Forever by Adam Becker Get to know the cast of characters shaping our modern world. Their sci-fi inspired dreams of colonizing space take priority over sustainability and taking care of people in need today. Becker is the man for the job as he can hold his own with the technical details to dispute…
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Recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day
I grew up knowing today’s holiday as Columbus Day. Christopher Columbus received a pretty positive review throughout most of my early education. I am grateful that my kids are now learning the reality of his impact. Change is hard, and we are right to protect our traditions and values. When I first heard today’s holiday…
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Are LLMs profitable?
Current LLMs are losing money. More and more reporting is suggesting that these frontier style models may in fact never be profitable. This certainly isn’t a consensus opinion, but it does seem to be gaining momentum. If LLMs don’t make money, it is going to put a damper on the AI-revolution. One potential path to…
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Reading Recap: September 2025
🏠The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein A detailed history of US policies and laws that excluded Black Americans from the post WW2 housing boom, created segregated communities, and limited generational wealth. 🗣️ Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg Breaks down different types of communication, how to know which one you’re in, and how to make the…
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In Defense of the Office
My first professional office had a door, two desks, a computer at each desk, and atop each desk sat two monitors. There was a large window out of which I could watch the squirrels play. They were merry, and so was I. Even though I was a junior intern, there was a sense of permanence…
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All about the context
Human conversations carry incredible amounts of implicit information. We decipher meaning from each other by 🗣️Tone 👺Facial Expressions 🙅Body Language We add more context based on our environment: 🤼Our relationship 🏴🏳️Our organizational affiliations 🧑🌾⛷️🤹Our roles There is an incredible amount of data in human conversations that is never spoken.AI systems don’t yet capture all of…
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Reading Recap: August 2025
Outlive by Peter Attia An approach to extend not just our lifespan, but more importantly our healthspan. Thoughts on how we can stave off the four horsemen of age-related decline and a death. A bit on the sciencey side at times, but overall, very accessible. Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall A look at how…