Peter Lo
@peterlo.bsky.social
PR at AWS. Kpop DJ & podcaster. Talk to me about responsible AI, semiconductors, or your favorite cyberpunk novel.
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I'm halfway through this article & like (and agree with) the points made thus far.
But I want to have an aside on how people uncritically use the term "foundation models" & "reasoning," when it is very likely that the models memorized all these benchmarks. 🧵
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
But I want to have an aside on how people uncritically use the term "foundation models" & "reasoning," when it is very likely that the models memorized all these benchmarks. 🧵
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Bubble Trouble
An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.
prospect.org
April 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I'm halfway through this article & like (and agree with) the points made thus far.
But I want to have an aside on how people uncritically use the term "foundation models" & "reasoning," when it is very likely that the models memorized all these benchmarks. 🧵
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
But I want to have an aside on how people uncritically use the term "foundation models" & "reasoning," when it is very likely that the models memorized all these benchmarks. 🧵
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
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IT CAN BE DONE
South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office after court upholds impeachment
The court said Yoon had ‘committed a grave betrayal of the trust of the people’ over his ill-fated declaration of martial law in December
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
IT CAN BE DONE
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Honestly, I can think of few things *less* creative than doing derivative versions of popular memes because everyone else is doing the same thing. There's no joke or cleverness to the mashups even. Just imitations of imitations in an imitative style because that's what everyone is doing.
March 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Honestly, I can think of few things *less* creative than doing derivative versions of popular memes because everyone else is doing the same thing. There's no joke or cleverness to the mashups even. Just imitations of imitations in an imitative style because that's what everyone is doing.
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Trump's call for comments on an 'AI action plan' resulted in the big tech companies asking for favors they've wanted forever — and they're using the emergence of DeepSeek to create a possibly dangerous sense of urgency www.platformer.news/ai-action-pl...
March 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Trump's call for comments on an 'AI action plan' resulted in the big tech companies asking for favors they've wanted forever — and they're using the emergence of DeepSeek to create a possibly dangerous sense of urgency www.platformer.news/ai-action-pl...
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This new BBC research shows some of the problems that AI chatbots have with summarising current affairs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds
The BBC's head of news and current affairs says the developers of the tools are
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This new BBC research shows some of the problems that AI chatbots have with summarising current affairs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Google auto opted in *every* paying Google Workspace user to Gemini. Also adding a nice increase in price, even though no one opted into it.
You cannot turn off / opt out.
Except... if you open a support ticket.
Only then does Google enable the setting to turn it off!
I did:
You cannot turn off / opt out.
Except... if you open a support ticket.
Only then does Google enable the setting to turn it off!
I did:
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Google auto opted in *every* paying Google Workspace user to Gemini. Also adding a nice increase in price, even though no one opted into it.
You cannot turn off / opt out.
Except... if you open a support ticket.
Only then does Google enable the setting to turn it off!
I did:
You cannot turn off / opt out.
Except... if you open a support ticket.
Only then does Google enable the setting to turn it off!
I did:
More of a wishlist:
- Better media literacy.
- For Gen Z/alpha to be less afraid of talking to someone via phone/voice.
- shame-induced change in politics.
- higher taxes for corporations, the rich.
- hand-written letters between friends.
- more original films/IP
- longer attention spans
- Better media literacy.
- For Gen Z/alpha to be less afraid of talking to someone via phone/voice.
- shame-induced change in politics.
- higher taxes for corporations, the rich.
- hand-written letters between friends.
- more original films/IP
- longer attention spans
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
More of a wishlist:
- Better media literacy.
- For Gen Z/alpha to be less afraid of talking to someone via phone/voice.
- shame-induced change in politics.
- higher taxes for corporations, the rich.
- hand-written letters between friends.
- more original films/IP
- longer attention spans
- Better media literacy.
- For Gen Z/alpha to be less afraid of talking to someone via phone/voice.
- shame-induced change in politics.
- higher taxes for corporations, the rich.
- hand-written letters between friends.
- more original films/IP
- longer attention spans
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about a "society in which superstition defeats reason": "There are no checks and balances in a world where only charisma matters, no rule of law in a world where emotion defeats reason - only a void that anyone with a shocking and compelling story can fill." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
about a "society in which superstition defeats reason": "There are no checks and balances in a world where only charisma matters, no rule of law in a world where emotion defeats reason - only a void that anyone with a shocking and compelling story can fill." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Feel like we’re living peak SF: seeing a tech worker bring their dog into work on a Nuna baby stroller.
January 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Feel like we’re living peak SF: seeing a tech worker bring their dog into work on a Nuna baby stroller.
Survived three re:Invents so far. IYKYK.
December 6, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Survived three re:Invents so far. IYKYK.