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Beyond Twinkies and Brain Rot: Stop Moralizing Social Media
Photo by Roman Grachev on Unsplash
I can’t exist on social media without someone shaming me for being on social media.
Every time I hop on LinkedIn, a new influencer is in my feed, arguing that social media is “brain rot.” Go on a “social...
The Hidden Costs of Fine-Tuning AI (or, Why Your Chatbot Acts Like It's From 1850)
Researchers trained an LLM on 19th century bird names. Then, the model started acting like it has 19th-century, sexist views about gender and women’s place in the home.
A view of a European city - or the interior of an AI model? Photo by E...
How to Email a Professor and Actually Get a Response About PhD Programs
I searched for a long time for a not corny photo for this blog. I decided that I liked their nail polish and nail ring. Photo by Vardan Papikyan on Unsplash
I’m a first-generation college student, and I didn’t have a lot of advice about ho...
When AI Stole My Voice
This post is about writing, AI, and how I took it too far on a post on Medium. Ah well.
AI has been touted as a writing aid, but lately, it’s cramping my style. Instead of helping me get over my barriers, it’s making my process wor...
Will Timers Really Save Us from Runaway AI Use? What the Science Says
Introduction
Last week was a big week for AI models. GPT-5 was released with “PhD-level intelligence” claims and performance on many popular tasks. While I’m skeptical of a claim like that, I was curious about features that OpenAI debut...
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