Kelly Heitz
@kelizzy.com
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As someone who's an "AI skeptic" because I was in AI research before it was cool, I think people should learn about ELIZA, with the accompanying lesson that fooling a human in this way is very easy. Turing was brilliant but the Turing Test was not his best idea: We'll anthropomorphize anything!
August 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
As someone who's an "AI skeptic" because I was in AI research before it was cool, I think people should learn about ELIZA, with the accompanying lesson that fooling a human in this way is very easy. Turing was brilliant but the Turing Test was not his best idea: We'll anthropomorphize anything!
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One tangible problem with AI hype is that there is a degree of provocative hypothesis that is necessary in order for people to think a little differently about old problems.
But then the hype goes so far that it becomes detached from technical reality, and thus, disqualifies itself.
But then the hype goes so far that it becomes detached from technical reality, and thus, disqualifies itself.
August 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
One tangible problem with AI hype is that there is a degree of provocative hypothesis that is necessary in order for people to think a little differently about old problems.
But then the hype goes so far that it becomes detached from technical reality, and thus, disqualifies itself.
But then the hype goes so far that it becomes detached from technical reality, and thus, disqualifies itself.
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Some of the smartest people I know have Ph.D.s. Some of the others dropped out of middle school.
August 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Some of the smartest people I know have Ph.D.s. Some of the others dropped out of middle school.
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This is neat: there's a website that archives public meeting summaries and *pays* people to go to the meetings to take notes and upload them. (I think you have to do a training first. They pay $20/hour.)
minneapolis.documenters.org
minneapolis.documenters.org
Documenters.org: Making Local Government More Accountable
All the info you need on public meetings in your town, in one easy-to-search place. Get TRAINED and PAID to hold your local government accountable. Powered by City Bureau.
minneapolis.documenters.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is neat: there's a website that archives public meeting summaries and *pays* people to go to the meetings to take notes and upload them. (I think you have to do a training first. They pay $20/hour.)
minneapolis.documenters.org
minneapolis.documenters.org
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Perspective: stop embedding an LLM into your app when you really need a scripting engine. Consider a hybrid model
July 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Perspective: stop embedding an LLM into your app when you really need a scripting engine. Consider a hybrid model
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This is an astonishingly good metaphor.
chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
July 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is an astonishingly good metaphor.
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I let a goat from my local zoo run SQL commands against prod without protection and it nuked my data
The comments: have you tried this other much smarter goat
The comments: have you tried this other much smarter goat
July 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I let a goat from my local zoo run SQL commands against prod without protection and it nuked my data
The comments: have you tried this other much smarter goat
The comments: have you tried this other much smarter goat
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Waiting for the first startup success story like this:
“It was bleak. Our burn was $50K/mo: $25K salaries, $25K in tokens. Then we made a radical decision:
We cut our token spend to $0.
Everyone said it’s crazy. But we doubled runway, and gave us the time to do the pivot!”
“It was bleak. Our burn was $50K/mo: $25K salaries, $25K in tokens. Then we made a radical decision:
We cut our token spend to $0.
Everyone said it’s crazy. But we doubled runway, and gave us the time to do the pivot!”
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Waiting for the first startup success story like this:
“It was bleak. Our burn was $50K/mo: $25K salaries, $25K in tokens. Then we made a radical decision:
We cut our token spend to $0.
Everyone said it’s crazy. But we doubled runway, and gave us the time to do the pivot!”
“It was bleak. Our burn was $50K/mo: $25K salaries, $25K in tokens. Then we made a radical decision:
We cut our token spend to $0.
Everyone said it’s crazy. But we doubled runway, and gave us the time to do the pivot!”
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Overheard someone trying to explain Menards to someone today
“Ok so they’re a home improvement store.”
“Like Home Depot?”
“Well sort of, but you can get everything you need to build a house. Oh and groceries.”
“Wait what?”
“Oh and they have a plant nursery. And they sell kayaks and model trains.”
“Ok so they’re a home improvement store.”
“Like Home Depot?”
“Well sort of, but you can get everything you need to build a house. Oh and groceries.”
“Wait what?”
“Oh and they have a plant nursery. And they sell kayaks and model trains.”
June 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Overheard someone trying to explain Menards to someone today
“Ok so they’re a home improvement store.”
“Like Home Depot?”
“Well sort of, but you can get everything you need to build a house. Oh and groceries.”
“Wait what?”
“Oh and they have a plant nursery. And they sell kayaks and model trains.”
“Ok so they’re a home improvement store.”
“Like Home Depot?”
“Well sort of, but you can get everything you need to build a house. Oh and groceries.”
“Wait what?”
“Oh and they have a plant nursery. And they sell kayaks and model trains.”
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Oh, I’m sorry. Did your rational and logical economic system not account for what if two terminally online men had a falling out?
June 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Oh, I’m sorry. Did your rational and logical economic system not account for what if two terminally online men had a falling out?
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope