We need institutions to live. “Every day, we trust countless strangers – people who share no blood with us, whom we will never meet again, and who could easily betray that trust without anyone watching. We step into traffic assuming… Read More »Institutions are how we scale up cooperation among millions
It is about values. “The danger isn’t that modern people are optimizing toward the wrong end — pursuing status when they should pursue family, or wealth when they should pursue meaning. The danger is that optimization has become a mode… Read More »The Optimization Trap: Why the Birth Rate Can’t Be Fixed
This seems to be the problem. “They see the output and think “well the AI did it.” No. The AI executed it. I designed it. I knew what to ask for, how to decompose the problem, what patterns to use,… Read More »We Might All Be AI Engineers Now
So beware. “LLMs optimize for plausibility over correctness. In this case, plausible is about 20,000 times slower than correct.” https://x.com/KatanaLarp/status/2029928471632224486#:~:text=LLMs%20optimize%20for%20plausibility%20over%20correctness.%20In%20this%20case%2C%20plausible%20is%20about%2020%2C000%20times%20slower%20than%20correct.
Standardization matters. “The problem with Arm processors in the desktop (and laptop) space certainly isn’t one of performance – as this latest design by Arm once again shows. No, the real problem is a complete and utter lack of standardisation,… Read More »Never bet against x86
I got this feeling every time I see a document at work “polished” by AI. “First, there’s a corpse alert. Corpses are dangerous, and something that’s alive/not alive is a warning sign. Same thing with zombies.Second, imposter alert. Imposters are… Read More »The Uncanny Valley
We are currently spending tens of billions to train machines to think and to be honest, the results are not that great still. What if we invested all the money into educating all the people that are living right now?… Read More »Billions on Education
I remember a few years ago a company has fired a guy, because he has outsourced his development job to India and China and just coordinated the work collecting his salary and paying the team he managed. Nowadays management basically… Read More »Outsourcing vs. AI
Little Britain AI. “If AI takes over the coding, that layer of knowledge disappears. Not just for the user, but for the software engineers themselves. The product becomes a black box. And yes, perhaps new craftsmanship emerges in directing the… Read More »Computer Says No
I often struggle with meetings with multiple of my direct reports. What should I discuss there vs. 1:1s? It can save me time to update all at once on some topics vs. discussing 1:1, but then it becomes less deep… Read More »Team Meet vs 1:1