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“Generative AI models don’t understand, they just predict the next token.” You’ve probably heard a dozen variations of this theme. I certainly have. But I recently heard a talk by Shuchao Bi that changed the way I think about the relationship between prediction and understanding. The entire talk is terrific, but the section that inspired … Read more
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to speak at the 3rd Annual AI Summit at UNC Charlotte. The entire event was wonderful and the organizing team were terrific. My keynote wasn’t recorded, so I thought I would serialize it across a series of blog posts. This post is the first in that series, and … Read more
Back in the mid-1990s I read an absolutely amazing article that had a lasting impact on my thinking. Despite looking for it several times over the years, I’ve never been able to find it again. This was the era of 14.4k, 28.8k, and 56k modems, when we used our home landlines to dial up and … Read more