October 2023

Why talking it out helps solve problems: Leveraging latent spaces

M.Joel / 2023-10-24

I’m someone who benefits a lot from talking out a problem–often in front of a whiteboard. This is pretty common. […]

Does Generative AI Understand? Surprisingly: It kind of does

M.Joel / 2023-10-19

Dmitri Mendeleev was a smart guy. In 1869 he wrote out a card for each element and started sorting them

LinkedIn Layoffs: free mentoring for affected engineers and managers

M.Joel / 2023-10-17

I’m sorry to hear about all the layoffs today. I’ve been through that more than once in my career, and

Will LLMs always take millions of dollars to train? Three factors to consider

M.Joel / 2023-10-12

Estimated costs to train GPT-4 range from $60 to $100 million USD. But will it always take millions of dollars

Will AI Oversaturate? (2000s Calling… They Want Their Hype Cycle Back)

M.Joel / 2023-10-03

If the “XML hype cycle” doesn’t spark vivid memories, go ask someone who’s been in IT for 25 years. 🙂