The Moat Is What You Capture
Reasoning gets cheaper. Capture compounds. - By the end of the Palantir kickoff build week I’d figured out where the leverage actually is in a vertical AI build. Not the model. Not the agents on top.…
OpenAI and Anthropic won't eat your lunch
Why I think SaaS is safe. At least from Anthropic and OpenAI consolidation efforts.
Steering the Vibe: Orchestration
Earlier this year I spoke to the idea of Agent Orchestration where changes to software span multiple context windows, and work needs to be split and passed to agents while monitoring progress…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times - AI edition
AI has been a miraculous empowering tool for tinkerers like me, but the tech industry is in the middle of a painful reckoning.
Can Talkie-1930 do arithmetic?
I tested Talkie-1930 on GSM8K and the easier EleutherAI/OpenAI arithmetic suite, then packaged an lm-eval-harness runner so the runs are reproducible.
Talkie-1930 math evals social posts
Social media posts for the Talkie-1930 arithmetic evaluation post
Myself and AI, a complex relationship
Hi all, a lot has happened since I last wrote in this space. I haven’t been the best host and I’ve neglected my little corner of the web. I’ve personally been through a lot and sought help for my…
Skill Atrophy
Sources Avoiding Skill Atrophy in the Age of AI, Addy Osmani. The most direct engineering-oriented piece here. Useful for concrete countermeasures: attempt the problem yourself first, review AI…
15 Minutes to Better Platform AI
…and maybe it’s just 10 minutes, except that reading this will take you five, and watching the John Oliver clip may send you down a rathole. Two complaints about AI platforms (Claude, ChatGPT,…
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