Why do LLMs hallucinate?
Your palms are sweaty, knees are weak, arms are heavy - it’s not a rap battle but a test for a class which you may or may not have slept through for the
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MIT Study – 95% of Generative AI Investments Fail (or do they?)
MIT released a study showing that 95% of organizations are getting zero return from their GenAI investments.
Read essayRoadtrippin’
Fifteen hours alone in a minivan will take your mind to strange places.Last weekend, as I drove from the Gulf Shore back home, mine wandered from gas station
Read essayA most pleasant parking lot
I have spent the last week in a small cabin that is slowly being devoured by carpenter bees. It has a small porch that looks out over big open space. Away to
Read essayDo agentic coding tools make us less productive?
Are agentic coding tools like Cursor making us less productive?
Read essayAgency and LLMs as Mentors
Cate Hall, writing on Substack, suggested that a way to do hard things is to ask "What would someone 10x better do?" and then do it. Reading the post made me
Read essayWhat is a vibe coder really?
20+ years ago, in my first job (junior business analyst - first class), I developed two critical skills: the ability to type fast and the ability to click
Read essayTo replit or not to replit ..
As a summer treat to myself, I spent a few bucks on replit to build a GoodReads style app - just so I could do a vibe-check on the current state of .. vibe
Read essayChatGPT rotting your brain? .. maybe?
“For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing,
Read essayAI, Friction, and Credibility
I got caught in a thunderstorm just outside the town of Lovettsville, VA on Friday. I pulled into a gas station and spent thirty minutes in the company of a
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