LLMs are models of patterns. They are accurate to the extent that they embody the statistics and likelihoods that they measure. Chatbots, on the other hand, are less accurate. That’s a lot to do with the fact that they come out with one version, one outcome, based on the statistics embodied in the LLM. The […]
Author: MDGreaney
A question I find difficult to answer (and what puts me off the old Uncanny-likes of the world) is: do you believe? Do you believe in aliens? Do you believe in ghosts? Are you #TeamBeliever or #TeamSkeptic? I don’t know what I believe So many questions first: what is a ghost? What do you mean […]
Now that we’re all a little more familiar with AI, we might find ourselves getting a ‘feel’ for what AI will be good at, and not so good at. A while back we might have thought that AI wasn’t good at writing (or AI’s version of writing). A few years ago doing a backflip was […]
I’m thinking more about Linux again: how it’s becoming more usable, and a more essential option now that Windows is becoming more and more adware, and Mac OS is losing some of its magic (but none of its expense). I’m a tinkerer by heart, and so Linux has always been attractive to the likes of […]
I often repaint old models these days, but occaionally I buy (or am bought) something new. I haven’t played Warhammer or 40k in years so I don’t know the ins and outs of these characters, but suffice to say they were just the right level of detail for my liking. They were great fun to […]
Another 1990s miniature that I’ve repainted. Eldrad is one of those classic named characters that seemed to multiply in the world of Warhammer 40,000 around this time. I’m thinking of collecting as many as I can. I’ve certainly got a good few (mostly Dark Angels) already. Looking him up online today, I see he still […]
Like many of my recent painting projects, I’ve had the model for years. I can’t remember where I got it from, but I’ve a feeling that a friend who no longer was into the hobby gave it to me. I painted it first back in about 1996, and have recently stripped it and done another […]
Another project where I repaint models that I’ve had in my collection since the mid-1990s. The most satisfying part (except for comparing the models in a then-and-now style!) is removing the dodgy old paint jobs and re-undercoating. In this case, more than ever, it brings the models together, ‘standardising’ models in very different states! I […]
In the country of D________ there are two large Zones just outside the capital city. These Zones are large enough for many distinct groups of people to gather at agreed times, for agreed purposes. The Zones were established by a wise lawmaker who governed one of the towns near to the capital, and whose ideas […]
No one knows when the Voices began. Some theorests say that they have been audible since the dawn of time. To those peoples’ hypothesis, the Voices originate from beyond Earth, and began as the accidental outpourings of transmissions from a distant planet. It was only later, when the originators of the Voices realised we were […]