K Vashee
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Grandfather - ॐ • Translation Technology • Machine Intelligence • Global Collaboration • Music as Meditation • Wonder and Awe • Stuff : Opinions are my own and moving from Twitter
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Gotta remember that a big part of the decline in total fertility rates is the disappearance of teenage pregnancy
September 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Gotta remember that a big part of the decline in total fertility rates is the disappearance of teenage pregnancy
AI is a tool-driven revolution. That’s why it unnerves people. Freeman Dyson said in 1993, “Scientific revolutions are more often driven by new tools than by new concepts.” That’s AI.
May 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
AI is a tool-driven revolution. That’s why it unnerves people. Freeman Dyson said in 1993, “Scientific revolutions are more often driven by new tools than by new concepts.” That’s AI.
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Experts and stakeholders from around the world are meeting in Paris today regarding Language Technology for the billions who speak languages other than the usual suspects.
Today's program at UNESCO #LT4all conference
www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
#indigenouslanguages
Today's program at UNESCO #LT4all conference
www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
#indigenouslanguages
February 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Experts and stakeholders from around the world are meeting in Paris today regarding Language Technology for the billions who speak languages other than the usual suspects.
Today's program at UNESCO #LT4all conference
www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
#indigenouslanguages
Today's program at UNESCO #LT4all conference
www.lt4all2025.eu/full-program...
#indigenouslanguages
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The language technology platform for Africa that ACALAN is questing to implement, being revealed at the UNESCO #LT4all conference (Language Technology for All) in Paris.
#indigenouslanguages
#indigenouslanguages
February 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The language technology platform for Africa that ACALAN is questing to implement, being revealed at the UNESCO #LT4all conference (Language Technology for All) in Paris.
#indigenouslanguages
#indigenouslanguages
The history of Hawai'i
February 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The history of Hawai'i
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FACT-CHECK: “Fundamentally, it is not correct LADWP refused to properly fill the reservoir needed to fight the fire… At no time during this fire has there been a shortage of water in Southern California.”
www.verifythis.com/article/news...
www.verifythis.com/article/news...
January 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
FACT-CHECK: “Fundamentally, it is not correct LADWP refused to properly fill the reservoir needed to fight the fire… At no time during this fire has there been a shortage of water in Southern California.”
www.verifythis.com/article/news...
www.verifythis.com/article/news...
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I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*
January 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I know we all have disaster fatigue, but the reason why historic LA fires get so much coverage is because there are more people in greater LA county than in *most US states*
The Fibonacci sequence, often attributed to Leonardo Fibonacci, has roots in ancient Indian mathematics. Indian mathematician Pingala (circa 200 BC) is credited with early knowledge of this sequence through his work on Sanskrit prosody, which involved counting syllable patterns
December 15, 2024 at 8:18 PM
The Fibonacci sequence, often attributed to Leonardo Fibonacci, has roots in ancient Indian mathematics. Indian mathematician Pingala (circa 200 BC) is credited with early knowledge of this sequence through his work on Sanskrit prosody, which involved counting syllable patterns
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What happens when LLMs run out of data to ingest?
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
December 11, 2024 at 2:28 PM
What happens when LLMs run out of data to ingest?
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
Model intelligence is the intelligence of their designers and the providers of the text on which they were trained. No amount of scaling will allow the models to replace the humans in this process, rather new methods will need to be invented.
December 9, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Model intelligence is the intelligence of their designers and the providers of the text on which they were trained. No amount of scaling will allow the models to replace the humans in this process, rather new methods will need to be invented.
we don’t pay for an API call; we pay for answers. LLMs are best for more complex answers (where efficiency gains increase ROI) but this also requires more setting up (engineering costs, evals etc)- which will increase your costs.
December 6, 2024 at 7:25 AM
we don’t pay for an API call; we pay for answers. LLMs are best for more complex answers (where efficiency gains increase ROI) but this also requires more setting up (engineering costs, evals etc)- which will increase your costs.
What is valuable is AI that ‘does stuff’. So when we expect ‘actions’ we talk agents.
You know what agents come with?
You guessed it, more LLM calls
You know what agents come with?
You guessed it, more LLM calls
December 6, 2024 at 7:23 AM
What is valuable is AI that ‘does stuff’. So when we expect ‘actions’ we talk agents.
You know what agents come with?
You guessed it, more LLM calls
You know what agents come with?
You guessed it, more LLM calls
Our expectations and use cases from LLMs expand so the cost to us to use them (as well as the cost to train the models and operate the services) is actually going up even as cost/token goes down.
December 6, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Our expectations and use cases from LLMs expand so the cost to us to use them (as well as the cost to train the models and operate the services) is actually going up even as cost/token goes down.
Price per token is going down. Price per answer is going up.
December 6, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Price per token is going down. Price per answer is going up.
“Scaling the right thing in AI matters more now than ever.” What is not enough is just scaling applied to the pre-training phase. This caveat is key to understanding what failed and what didn’t, what the AI companies will do now, and what we can expect from their new strategy.
December 4, 2024 at 8:28 PM
“Scaling the right thing in AI matters more now than ever.” What is not enough is just scaling applied to the pre-training phase. This caveat is key to understanding what failed and what didn’t, what the AI companies will do now, and what we can expect from their new strategy.
14. These principles are essential when building anything meaningful:
• Challenge what's "impossible"
• Trust your inner voice
• Question everything
• Bridge old and new
• Focus intensely
That's how you change the world.
• Challenge what's "impossible"
• Trust your inner voice
• Question everything
• Bridge old and new
• Focus intensely
That's how you change the world.
November 29, 2024 at 7:07 AM
14. These principles are essential when building anything meaningful:
• Challenge what's "impossible"
• Trust your inner voice
• Question everything
• Bridge old and new
• Focus intensely
That's how you change the world.
• Challenge what's "impossible"
• Trust your inner voice
• Question everything
• Bridge old and new
• Focus intensely
That's how you change the world.
13. As his parting gift, Steve arranged for every memorial guest to receive a sealed box.
Inside was a fresh copy of "Autobiography of a Yogi."
His final message:
The secret to his success wasn't in Silicon Valley.
It was in understanding himself.
Inside was a fresh copy of "Autobiography of a Yogi."
His final message:
The secret to his success wasn't in Silicon Valley.
It was in understanding himself.
November 29, 2024 at 7:06 AM
13. As his parting gift, Steve arranged for every memorial guest to receive a sealed box.
Inside was a fresh copy of "Autobiography of a Yogi."
His final message:
The secret to his success wasn't in Silicon Valley.
It was in understanding himself.
Inside was a fresh copy of "Autobiography of a Yogi."
His final message:
The secret to his success wasn't in Silicon Valley.
It was in understanding himself.
12. Steve was able to cut through noise, see clarity in chaos and had the power to say "no".
When Apple was failing, Jobs cut their products from 350 to 10.
That focus took Apple from bankruptcy to a trillion-dollar success.
And if that wasn't enough...
When Apple was failing, Jobs cut their products from 350 to 10.
That focus took Apple from bankruptcy to a trillion-dollar success.
And if that wasn't enough...
November 29, 2024 at 7:05 AM
12. Steve was able to cut through noise, see clarity in chaos and had the power to say "no".
When Apple was failing, Jobs cut their products from 350 to 10.
That focus took Apple from bankruptcy to a trillion-dollar success.
And if that wasn't enough...
When Apple was failing, Jobs cut their products from 350 to 10.
That focus took Apple from bankruptcy to a trillion-dollar success.
And if that wasn't enough...
11. Apple's competitors were obsessed with gaining market share, optimising features and product launches.
But Steve used meditation as a tool to focus on different things:
• Human experience
• Simplicity
• Beauty
But Steve used meditation as a tool to focus on different things:
• Human experience
• Simplicity
• Beauty
November 29, 2024 at 7:04 AM
11. Apple's competitors were obsessed with gaining market share, optimising features and product launches.
But Steve used meditation as a tool to focus on different things:
• Human experience
• Simplicity
• Beauty
But Steve used meditation as a tool to focus on different things:
• Human experience
• Simplicity
• Beauty
10. The Power of Focus
Yogananda introduced Kriya Yoga to the West - a meditation technique for intense focus.
Jobs practiced Zen meditation regularly.
It turned out to be his secret weapon...
Yogananda introduced Kriya Yoga to the West - a meditation technique for intense focus.
Jobs practiced Zen meditation regularly.
It turned out to be his secret weapon...
November 29, 2024 at 7:02 AM
10. The Power of Focus
Yogananda introduced Kriya Yoga to the West - a meditation technique for intense focus.
Jobs practiced Zen meditation regularly.
It turned out to be his secret weapon...
Yogananda introduced Kriya Yoga to the West - a meditation technique for intense focus.
Jobs practiced Zen meditation regularly.
It turned out to be his secret weapon...
9. Truinnovation means being comfortable with everyone thinking you're wrong.
It's not about breaking the rules for the sake of it.
It's about having the courage to do what others won't.
It's not about breaking the rules for the sake of it.
It's about having the courage to do what others won't.
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 AM
9. Truinnovation means being comfortable with everyone thinking you're wrong.
It's not about breaking the rules for the sake of it.
It's about having the courage to do what others won't.
It's not about breaking the rules for the sake of it.
It's about having the courage to do what others won't.
8. When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, everyone thought he was crazy.
He killed their most popular products, removed the floppy disk when it was "essential" and insisted on a phone with no keyboard.
People called him insane...
Until they called him a genius.
He killed their most popular products, removed the floppy disk when it was "essential" and insisted on a phone with no keyboard.
People called him insane...
Until they called him a genius.
November 29, 2024 at 6:58 AM
8. When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, everyone thought he was crazy.
He killed their most popular products, removed the floppy disk when it was "essential" and insisted on a phone with no keyboard.
People called him insane...
Until they called him a genius.
He killed their most popular products, removed the floppy disk when it was "essential" and insisted on a phone with no keyboard.
People called him insane...
Until they called him a genius.