No Surprise

Don’t be surprised at OpenAI.

Timelines

We recently had a baby.

New Black Boxes

I’ve mentioned this before but it’s worth revisiting.

Research as Journalism

You can use the classic reporting questions and apply them to research.

A Helping Hand

One interesting think about the latest want of AI is the idea that a model can do it all. Typically a new development is evaluated on discrete tasks to evaluate it’s performance.

Seasons

What AI season are we in? Is it an AI winter, AI summer, etc.? Is there incentive for folks to say that the AI spring continues indefinitely as the definition of AI changes?

Slow AI

Slow food, slow productivity, what about slow AI?

Box Check

Waiting for easy things helps build muscle memory when you have to wait for hard things.

Work and Play

Right now, keeping up with AI can be an exercise in play. It’s not clear what direction things will go, or what new capability will be identified.