When you split everything into pieces, you realize the basic purpose of words is differentiation. That is to say, words essentially exist in order to distinguish things from each other. If everything were equally enjoyable, we wouldn’t need words related to joy. It’s kinda like the weather in western Washington. It rains a lot there. … Read more
This actually aggravates me incessantly, so I will address it now. Personally, I do not think “next token prediction” is “AI” because I do not think humans are sophisticated auto-complete machines. I know various monied technologists contend human brains are essentially “like” robots, but I think that means certain moneyed technocrats watched too much television … Read more
Whenever discussing LLM performance, terms that evaluate performance get very “slippery,” thus making comparisons difficult or impossible. Case in point (and this is all said before I actually dig into it): my understanding is that DeepSeek essentially uses model outputs from the popular models as its inputs, which is illegitimate. However, it also has a … Read more