The last six months in LLMs, illustrated by pelicans on bicycles. “There are plenty of benchmarks full of numbers. I don’t get much value out of those numbers. There are leaderboards, but I’ve been losing some trust in those recently. […]
AI needs clinical trials. “Harvard Business School professor Karim Lakhani shares groundbreaking research on AI’s impact in the workplace through rigorous “clinical trials” at major organizations like BCG and Procter & Gamble. These studies reveal how AI fundamentally transforms work […]
Is Rotten Tomatoes still reliable? A statistical analysis. “If every movie is ‘Certified Fresh’, then maybe Rotten Tomatoes has changed, potentially skewed by corporate interests.” ~ learn more
How to build a medieval castle. It’s called experimental archaeology: “The project launched in 1998 with a straightforward mandate: Build a thirteenth-century castle using only thirteenth-century tools, techniques, and materials.” ~ learn more
The traveling salesman problem. “Is it possible to compute the shortest route through a large number of stops? … Join mathematician Bill Cook as we explore the history and applications of this fascinating challenge, and examine state-of-the-art approaches to solving […]
The day Return became Enter. This one is for anyone who has memories of typewriters or interest in modern keyboards. ~ learn more