I show this image in all my talks. AI is not the same as GPT-based LLMs. The pendulum will swing again, and we'll soon re-animate another post-LLM AI subfield. So what's next? What's your guess? Bayesian inference will make a comeback? Neuro-symbolic AI will be the new black?

In 1953, Roald Dahl published "The Great Automatic Grammatizator" about an electrical engineer who wanted to be a writer and built a machine that modeled the English language using mathematical notation. The machine quickly wrote best-selling novels – but it came with a price... 😬 (cont’d)

Now and then (especially during hype heyday times) it's worth returning to @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social 's three laws of AI:
rodneybrooks.com/rodney-brook...

Pedagogical write-up on the water usage of LLMs.

www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

'Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.'
My piece on AI and public services in this week's @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...

🍂 I love the autumn. It's my favorite season, and I thrive in it. So, for my Saturday coding project this morning I decided to create a "memento mori" app, that tells you how many autumns you have left... (Inspired by John Maeda)
Try it, and then go out enjoy the autumn leaves.
warnestal.com/life/