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The Secrets and Mysteries of AI Interpretability
Reading various papers, for example one by Dario Amodei of Anthropic, the maker of the Claude models, they emphasize the importance of a concept called “interpretability”. This is understanding how an LLM or any AI system thinks, how it interprets requests and constructs outputs – and basically we don’t understand it all. Dario Amodei on…
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On the Age, Size, and Expressions of Aspens
Most of our campsite on the Grand Mesa in Western Colorado is surrounded by young aspen trees, 5 to 10 feet tall. Here in late September, their dancing leaves present every variety of gold: pure, stunning, solid gold that pops in the golden sunlight, all gradations of green-gold, including that gentle green of leaves with…
