An interesting question we should always ask ourselves… Precision targeting for SearchResearch. P/C by Mikhail Nilov (Pexels link)If you’ve got a new tool (LLMs, for example), as a skilled researcher, you want to find new ways to use that tool.&…
I’ve been skeptical… Precision targeting for SearchResearch. P/C by Mikhail Nilov (Pexels link)… about the search capability of LLMs. But I realize they’re here to stay–no amount of witchcraft will make them go away and we can only wait for t…
Listening to a book on the road… P/C Tomas Anunziata on Pexels.com … is a very different experience than reading the text as printed on paper, and different yet again than reading it on a screen. I recently listened t…
Audible books are life-changing. P/C Tomas Anunziata on Pexels.com When I go on long road trips, listening to audible books (previously known as “books on tape”) are an essential item. They keep me awake and listening, especially when I’…
How can you find the best tool… P/C Dall-E. Prompt “clash of the titans – three giant science fiction robots all fighting together with thunder lightning dramatic skies … to do that search thing we all know and love? Is there a kind…
It was annoying, but necessary.. .. I needed a new laptop, so I hied myself down to the local Apple shop and picked up a fancy new laptop. Not a problem–I’ve used Macs for years (except when I worked at IBM, when the IBM PC was the ax…
We have to do something differently…P/C Dall-E. Prompt “clash of the titans – three giant science fiction robots all fighting together with thunder lightning dramatic skies The world of search is changing dramatically every day. Bing launc…
Did they? A scene from 18th century Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo (View of the Piazza del Quirinale with the Statues of Horse Tamers in side view), from Prianesi’s Vedute di Roma…
Can that be true? A scene from 18th century Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo (View of the Piazza del Quirinale with the Statues of Horse Tamers in side view), from Prianesi’s Vedute di Roma. Note …
Podcasts are great! You can be out running, walking the dog, getting in your 10,000 steps and still listen and learn about the world. A few weeks ago I was interviewed by “The Informed Life” podcast host Jorge Arango, which he has just …
It’s May… P/C Dan, from a lovely trip to Norway…. and it has been a very full few months since the start of the year. I’m feeling in dire need of taking a little bit of a break, so I’m temporarily going on a hiatus to do a lit…
Remember this? P/C Dall-e. Prompt: happy robots answering questions rendered in aukiyo-e style on a sweeping landscape cheerfulOur Challenge was this: 1. I’d like you to report on YOUR experiences in trying t…
LLMs have a big problem: P/C Dall-E. Prompt: “happy robots talking about truth” They have zero idea what’s true. They only know the probabilities of words in text. That’s NOT the same thing as “knowing” something–it’s a bit like …
For all their apparent competence, P/C Dalle-D. Prompt: computational oracles answering questions rendered as an expressive oil painting set on a sweeping landscape… when you get down to asking specific, verifiable questions ab…
This week let’s try something different. P/C Dall-e. Prompt: happy robots answering questions rendered in a ukiyo-e style on a sweeping landscape cheerfulI’ve written a couple of posts about using LLMs (Large Language Models–e.g….