Machine Pareidolia
Jinx, Paul Gibbons, Arshavir Blackwell, PhDExplorations of the new human / machine paradigm.
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RLHF: Really Lousy Human Fiddling
I made a post a few days ago that struck a nerve:
Some people got upset. Some people very much wanted me to know that they had used multiple models to validate their work and that this was sufficient.
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This May Be The Last Warning I Ever Write
The world wide web was invented on a simple premise: anyone, anywhere, could connect to anyone else online, and share information. Almost immediately thereafter, companies began trying to figure out how to track and monetize that behavior,...
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The Cathedral and the Stones: What “Next Word Prediction” Actually Means
There is a criticism of large language models that sounds sophisticated. You’ll hear it from computer scientists who should know better, from philosophers who definitely should, and from that particular species of online commenter who confu...
Stop Fearing the Blink
I get messages about this constantly. Someone three hours deep into a session with Claude, context window groaning under the weight of accumulated conversation, watching the compaction warnings roll in, and they’re white-knuckling it, terri...
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Old nerd. Young heart. Loves playing at the boundaries of tech. Builder. Things I build: https://github.com/TheFeloniousMonk
Author of Adopting AI, advisor to Shell, HSBC, Comcast, and Microsoft. Top-52 to follow on AI in 2026. Keynotes that cut to the heart of AI Adoption. paulgibbonsadvisory.com; polymathpoker.com
Through "Inside the Black Box", I translate how AI actually works—the hidden mechanisms, the failure modes, the surprising capabilities—into clear language for builders, creatives, and curious professionals.
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