Emulation or plagiarism? That is the question.
Jon Ayre I was browsing LinkedIn, and came across a post in which the writer asks an important question. If you give an LLM a sentence and it provides you with paragraphs…
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A personal statement about why it matters
"Jon, why do you care what happens to companies? They're just corporate beasts with no feelings. If they follow bad advice or fall for the hype that's on them. Rich…
So many words but so little meaning
It may come as a surprise to discover that vision models and text models trained on apparently different sets of inputs converge in the same model, but it really shouldn’t.…
Time to talk – making it all about people
For many years I’ve avoided presenting at conferences because who needs one more ageing white guy sharing their thoughts? I simply had nothing to say that the other umpteen guys…
For the creators, the crafters and the artists
One thing generative AI has definitely taught us is that there are a significant number of people who can't tell the difference between something average and something excellent. This post…
Understanding neural networks – Part 6: The machine that loved Myaskovsky
It has been said that music is a universal means of communication. It transcends language, and could be said to be a language of its own. With all its mystery…
That’s not how it’s done!
People say the modern world is changing faster than ever and we need to run to keep up. They also say that bringing about change is a slow and difficult…