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It’s good when things are bad
I mentioned the “We’ll See…” Fable1 to a friend at Friday Coffee this morning. He immediately raised his mug for a cheers. “Brother I love that fable…
Apr 14
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Will Schreiber
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Spring!
Yesterday, I woke up, hopped on a Citi bike, and rode to the gym. It took 5 minutes. The gym was so crowded I left and walked to Joe & The Juice back by…
Apr 13
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Will Schreiber
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Spring!
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March 2023
AI vs. AGI vs. Consciousness vs. Super-intelligence vs. Agency
GPT-4 surpasses all sane definitions of “Artificial General Intelligence.” AI (without the “G”) is a fancy way of saying machine learning - finding…
Mar 28
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Fragile passengers
I tolerate longer lines when buying coffee than I do when going through the airport. Why? I got a push notification at 5:15 this morning on the dot…
Mar 21
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Will Schreiber
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January 2023
Will training data matter anymore for self-driving cars?
The coolest thing about these new LLM’s is their ability to handle few-shot learning. Give it a few examples, and GPT-3 will extrapolate that out to…
Jan 30
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Will Schreiber
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Two things have changed since 1990
I was born in 1990. Two things have changed since then: Water fountains Lightbulbs A couple years ago, I landed in Albuquerque en route to Taos. The jet…
Jan 24
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Will Schreiber
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What’s in and out for 2023
I made this list on New Year’s Eve. So far, so good. In 1pm-9pm eating window Bill’s Pizza Night every week Daily writing AI Sunday tea Fewer todos…
Jan 23
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Will Schreiber
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November 2022
My experience Wednesday in SF
It’s pouring rain. I take the Bart to Fidi. Everybody on the train is wearing a mask. As we roll to a stop at Embarcadero, the train loses power. We…
Nov 11, 2022
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December 2021
I forgot my laptop
I got home and unzipped my backpack. My laptop wasn’t in its padded pocket. I fired up Find My… and there it was, pulsing on the map, at Park and 17th…
Dec 2, 2021
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Will Schreiber
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May 2021
My Kindle is dead
I ordered a paperback book from Amazon last night. The last book I ordered was a paperback, too. So was the one before that. In every dimension, the…
May 25, 2021
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Will Schreiber
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February 2021
Decentralization is a narrative mirage.
Technology is a concentrating force. It always has been. Everybody sewed their own clothes until we built textile factories. It used to take one farmer…
Feb 3, 2021
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Will Schreiber
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January 2021
Dark and dirty dorm rooms
It’s endearing how college kids abbreviate everything. “How’s that prof?” “Meet you in the caf.” “Skirt skirt.” I lived on “Lup 7” in college. There…
Jan 26, 2021
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