Sean Barnett
@ginandmonotonic.bsky.social
Researcher, programmer, drummer, mapper, and photographer with interests in cognitive science, AI, philosophy of mind, and just generally exploring and discussing cool ideas.
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AI Bait & Switch:
bait: we’re gonna make an AI that can solve any problem experts could solve. it’s gonna transform the whole world.
switch: what we have actually made is fun and amazing, but rarely reliable and often makes mistakes – but ordinary people makes mistakes, too. So … AGI solved!
bait: we’re gonna make an AI that can solve any problem experts could solve. it’s gonna transform the whole world.
switch: what we have actually made is fun and amazing, but rarely reliable and often makes mistakes – but ordinary people makes mistakes, too. So … AGI solved!
June 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
AI Bait & Switch:
bait: we’re gonna make an AI that can solve any problem experts could solve. it’s gonna transform the whole world.
switch: what we have actually made is fun and amazing, but rarely reliable and often makes mistakes – but ordinary people makes mistakes, too. So … AGI solved!
bait: we’re gonna make an AI that can solve any problem experts could solve. it’s gonna transform the whole world.
switch: what we have actually made is fun and amazing, but rarely reliable and often makes mistakes – but ordinary people makes mistakes, too. So … AGI solved!
A good read about some more AI misinformation that has been put out into the world.
substack.com/@aiguide/not...
substack.com/@aiguide/not...
Magical Thinking on AI
A Response to Thomas Friedman's Recent AI Columns in the New York Times
substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A good read about some more AI misinformation that has been put out into the world.
substack.com/@aiguide/not...
substack.com/@aiguide/not...
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In a stunning moment of self-delusion, the Wall Street Journal headline writers admitted that they don't know how LLM chatbots work.
July 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
In a stunning moment of self-delusion, the Wall Street Journal headline writers admitted that they don't know how LLM chatbots work.
Thoughts About Thinking seanbarnett2.substack.com?r=2a2xoi&utm...
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July 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Just launched my Substack about thinking and thinking about thinking! Check it out and please subscribe!
Just launched my Substack about thinking and thinking about thinking! Check it out and please subscribe!
Seeing lots of articles lately to the effect of "how to spot AI wrote this".
Bottom line: no, you very likely can't. It's trained on human-written text. It's the most probable output based on what it's seen.
Just because a text isn't written how you would, doesn't mean that it's AI.
Bottom line: no, you very likely can't. It's trained on human-written text. It's the most probable output based on what it's seen.
Just because a text isn't written how you would, doesn't mean that it's AI.
July 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Seeing lots of articles lately to the effect of "how to spot AI wrote this".
Bottom line: no, you very likely can't. It's trained on human-written text. It's the most probable output based on what it's seen.
Just because a text isn't written how you would, doesn't mean that it's AI.
Bottom line: no, you very likely can't. It's trained on human-written text. It's the most probable output based on what it's seen.
Just because a text isn't written how you would, doesn't mean that it's AI.
Posting my first-ever Medium essay. Just some thoughts I've had recently on how we think about LLMs.
medium.com/@brookforest...
medium.com/@brookforest...
Reconceiving How We Think of LLMs
Avoiding the Trap of Perceived Intelligence
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July 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Posting my first-ever Medium essay. Just some thoughts I've had recently on how we think about LLMs.
medium.com/@brookforest...
medium.com/@brookforest...