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This is consistent with a prominent pattern in Eurasian military history: take over the territory now called Ukraine for two things, 1) the resources (this means oil, today); and 2) the grain fields and graineries, from prehistoric time to today to a distant future.
Update: President Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, met Friday for a high-stakes summit on American soil with a leader isolated by the West over his invasion of Ukraine.
Watch: Trump and Putin address reporters after their talks on Ukraine
President Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, met Friday for a high-stakes summit on American soil with a leader isolated by the West over his invasion of Ukraine.
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August 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is consistent with a prominent pattern in Eurasian military history: take over the territory now called Ukraine for two things, 1) the resources (this means oil, today); and 2) the grain fields and graineries, from prehistoric time to today to a distant future.
Wait, two digits for years? Why?
"It didn't carry the one!"
August 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wait, two digits for years? Why?
Well played.
Tired: Millions of lines of COBOL written in the 1960s no one understands.
Wired: Billions of lines of Python written by AI last week no one understands.
Wired: Billions of lines of Python written by AI last week no one understands.
August 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Well played.
I can only imagine how much effort went into that especially if you don't have a tol for managing those posts. But I wish you were doing it again.
I almost did but it’s a lot of work
July 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I can only imagine how much effort went into that especially if you don't have a tol for managing those posts. But I wish you were doing it again.
Agentic AI, (noun) the decision to stop pretending GenAI can produce useful output on it's own, so instead you start pretending any amateur can program it to produce useful output.
December 16, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Agentic AI, (noun) the decision to stop pretending GenAI can produce useful output on it's own, so instead you start pretending any amateur can program it to produce useful output.
Machine Learning: (noun) a technique in which statistical algorithms are used to recognize patterns and their associated anomalies, in a set of carefully chosen (but probably incomplete and incorrect) data.
December 13, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Machine Learning: (noun) a technique in which statistical algorithms are used to recognize patterns and their associated anomalies, in a set of carefully chosen (but probably incomplete and incorrect) data.
AI Hallucinations: (noun)
a marketing term created to distract you from the fact that Large Language Models (LLMs, AKA GenAI) produce outputs that are incorrect, incomplete, or both; and the owners of said models aren't the least bit intrrested in correcting the problem.
a marketing term created to distract you from the fact that Large Language Models (LLMs, AKA GenAI) produce outputs that are incorrect, incomplete, or both; and the owners of said models aren't the least bit intrrested in correcting the problem.
December 10, 2024 at 1:30 PM
AI Hallucinations: (noun)
a marketing term created to distract you from the fact that Large Language Models (LLMs, AKA GenAI) produce outputs that are incorrect, incomplete, or both; and the owners of said models aren't the least bit intrrested in correcting the problem.
a marketing term created to distract you from the fact that Large Language Models (LLMs, AKA GenAI) produce outputs that are incorrect, incomplete, or both; and the owners of said models aren't the least bit intrrested in correcting the problem.
Artificial Intelligence, (noun)
1. software that performs probabilistic pattern matching with enough utility to fool an untutored observer into mistakenly inferring intelligence on the part of the software;
2. Software that is 100% made by humans (not occurring in nature) and 0% intelligent.
1. software that performs probabilistic pattern matching with enough utility to fool an untutored observer into mistakenly inferring intelligence on the part of the software;
2. Software that is 100% made by humans (not occurring in nature) and 0% intelligent.
December 8, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Artificial Intelligence, (noun)
1. software that performs probabilistic pattern matching with enough utility to fool an untutored observer into mistakenly inferring intelligence on the part of the software;
2. Software that is 100% made by humans (not occurring in nature) and 0% intelligent.
1. software that performs probabilistic pattern matching with enough utility to fool an untutored observer into mistakenly inferring intelligence on the part of the software;
2. Software that is 100% made by humans (not occurring in nature) and 0% intelligent.
Just between us kids, yesterday I was in a chat with a colleague who wanted to combine two separate teams doing a common AI use case so we only developed one. I gently pushed for more of an 'a/b testing approach.
November 28, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Just between us kids, yesterday I was in a chat with a colleague who wanted to combine two separate teams doing a common AI use case so we only developed one. I gently pushed for more of an 'a/b testing approach.
Speaking only for myself, I will state the need to experiment at length & in the real world. AI is fine with central tendencies but weak with edge cases, which the real world is jammed full of. We need to get extensive real world experimentation under way with disciplined & thoughtful controls.
November 28, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Speaking only for myself, I will state the need to experiment at length & in the real world. AI is fine with central tendencies but weak with edge cases, which the real world is jammed full of. We need to get extensive real world experimentation under way with disciplined & thoughtful controls.
Time to dispell the hype about GenAI. It has its uses. But let's not kid ourselves. It's simply software that's good at probabilistic pattern matching.
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Time to dispell the hype about GenAI. It has its uses. But let's not kid ourselves. It's simply software that's good at probabilistic pattern matching.