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On reading the "classics"
The value of academic archaeology
19 hrs ago
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Sean Trott
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On reading the "classics"
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January 2025
Did cooking make us human?
A review of Richard Wrangham's "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human".
Jan 18
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Sean Trott
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Did cooking make us human?
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The epistemology of lower back pain
Or: trying to learn to stop worrying and love spine neutrality
Jan 9
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Sean Trott
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The epistemology of lower back pain
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December 2024
The Counterfactual’s 2024 in review
Wrapping up another year.
Dec 29, 2024
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Sean Trott
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Deep Dive: Molmo
Exploring the new multimodal model from AI2.
Dec 12, 2024
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Sean Trott
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Deep Dive: Molmo
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Towards an unambiguous notation for LLMs
Names like "o1-preview" are pretty vague—can we do better?
Dec 2, 2024
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Sean Trott
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Towards an unambiguous notation for LLMs
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November 2024
Vision-language models (VLMs), explained (pt. 1)
How do VLMs combine their modalities?
Nov 11, 2024
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Sean Trott
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Vision-language models (VLMs), explained (pt. 1)
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LLM-ology: the challenges ahead
Three hard questions for a new paradigm.
Nov 8, 2024
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Sean Trott
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LLM-ology and the external validity problem
Do we need a CERN for LLM-ology?
Nov 3, 2024
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Sean Trott
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October 2024
What if we ran ChatGPT "by hand"?
A thought experiment to probe the boundaries of our intuitions.
Oct 15, 2024
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Sean Trott
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What if we ran ChatGPT "by hand"?
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September 2024
Language models vs. "LLM-equipped software tools"
Cognitive architectures, extended minds, and distributed cognition.
Sep 30, 2024
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Sean Trott
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Language models vs. "LLM-equipped software tools"
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Results from poll #5
Another tie—plus some updates.
Sep 12, 2024
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Sean Trott
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Results from poll #5
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