Taking this cartoon as our inspiration, let’s see if we can have a little fun with the AI model of your choice. The premise of this little exercise is that
You can train AI, but you can’t teach it a damn thing.You can train AI, but you can’t teach it a damn thing.
I had this cartoon on my office door for two decades. It used to be that I worried about humans not being willing or able to push back against any
Standardized Standards and the Problems of PerfectionismStandardized Standards and the Problems of Perfectionism
It occurs to me this morning that my problem (well, one of them) with AI training work is that I’m a perfectionist. As if you hadn’t noticed…. AI training companies
A total AI fail on sourcingA total AI fail on sourcing
As a follow-up to my previous post about the MAHA Commission Report and the fabrication of sources by AI, I just wanted to give a quick example of how that
Fat, drunk, and stupid vs. thin, greedy, lazy, and stupidFat, drunk, and stupid vs. thin, greedy, lazy, and stupid
“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” — Dean Vernon Wormer, Animal House This is a list of allegedly august personages: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,
So you want a job in AI? Let’s see what AI has to say about your chances.So you want a job in AI? Let’s see what AI has to say about your chances.
What follows here is a back-and-forth with a commercially available AI model about a job posting that was sent to me by a popular employment website. Me: Please take a
When it comes to Charles Kushner, AI thinks I’m full of shit.When it comes to Charles Kushner, AI thinks I’m full of shit.
I knew AI would fail because AI doesn’t know anything that has happened recently (and sometimes “recently” means within the past year). However, these failures are particularly obnoxious. Me [quoting
Now Do Me, Donald!Now Do Me, Donald!
I see that Charles Kushner, whom Chris Christie described as having committed “one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes that I prosecuted,” has been confirmed as the US Ambassador to
An AI’s Take on Donald Fagen’s Take on AIAn AI’s Take on Donald Fagen’s Take on AI
While mowing the lawn yesterday, Donald Fagen’s song “I.G.Y.” popped up on my playlist. If you don’t know the song — or just want to hear it again — you
Why R. Crumb is smarter than AI and (especially) its developersWhy R. Crumb is smarter than AI and (especially) its developers
I’ve added this image as something you will see under the menu links that have to do with AI: It’s some badass R. Crumb. I came across it as the