Why are Chat Bots Even Called “AI?”

This actually aggravates me incessantly, so I will address it now. Personally, I do not think “next token prediction” is “AI” because I do not think humans are sophisticated auto-complete machines. I know various monied technologists contend human brains are essentially “like” robots, but I think that means certain moneyed technocrats watched too much television … Read more

Why are Models like DeepSeek so much better?

Whenever discussing LLM performance, terms that evaluate performance get very “slippery,” thus making comparisons difficult or impossible. Case in point (and this is all said before I actually dig into it): my understanding is that DeepSeek essentially uses model outputs from the popular models as its inputs, which is illegitimate. However, it also has a … Read more

What _is_ AI?

I looked it up a while back, and some site I found said the definition of AI changes often, which frankly made a lot of sense. For AI today, the “AI” part of it is LLMs — Large Language Models. And, like, if that is “intelligence” then I’m the king of France. What is an … Read more