The terminology of AI is wrong. “At minimum, an agent has beliefs — not hunches, not vibes, but quantifiable representations of what it thinks is true and how certain it is. An agent has goals — not a prompt that… Read More »Agentic AI Is Neither Intelligent Nor an Agent
I am giving Mastodon and social media in general another go after a while. Here is what I have noticed immediately – even after years of social media detox, my brain immediately craves for next posts. I love RSS, and… Read More »Once You Are a Junkie, Always a Junkie
If you are an engineer, have a responsibility for your actions.
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