Tag Archives: artificial-intelligence

Gemini Has a Problem

Posted on February 22, 2024 by TheZvi

Google’s Gemini 1.5 is impressive and I am excited by its huge context window. I continue to default to Gemini Advanced as my default AI for everyday use when the large context window is not relevant. However, while it does … Continue reading →

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Sora What

Posted on February 22, 2024 by TheZvi

Hours after Google announced Gemini 1.5, OpenAI announced their new video generation model Sora. Its outputs look damn impressive.

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The One and a Half Gemini

Posted on February 22, 2024 by TheZvi

Previously: I hit send on The Third Gemini, and within half an hour DeepMind announced Gemini 1.5. So this covers Gemini 1.5. One million tokens, and we are promised overall Gemini Advanced or GPT-4 levels of performance on Gemini Pro … Continue reading →

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AI #51: Altman’s Ambition

Posted on February 20, 2024 by TheZvi

[Editor’s note: I forgot to post this to WorldPress on Thursday. I’m posting it here now. Sorry about that.] Sam Altman is not playing around. He wants to build new chip factories in the decidedly unsafe and unfriendly UAE. He … Continue reading →

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On the Proposed California SB 1047

Posted on February 12, 2024 by TheZvi

California Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco introduces SB 1047 to regulate AI. I have put up a market on how likely it is to become law. “If Congress at some point is able to pass a strong pro-innovation, pro-safety … Continue reading →

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One True Love

Posted on February 9, 2024 by TheZvi

We have long been waiting for a version of this story, where someone hacks together the technology to use Generative AI to work the full stack of the dating apps on their behalf, ultimately finding their One True Love. Or … Continue reading →

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AI #50: The Most Dangerous Thing

Posted on February 8, 2024 by TheZvi

In a week with two podcasts I covered extensively, I was happy that there was little other news. That is, until right before press time, when Google rebranded Bard to Gemini, released an app for that, and offered a premium … Continue reading →

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On the Debate Between Jezos and Leahy

Posted on February 6, 2024 by TheZvi

Previously: Based Beff Jezos and the Accelerationists Based Beff Jezos, the founder of effective accelerationism, delivered on his previous pledge, and did indeed debate what is to be done to navigate into the future with a highly Worthy Opponent in … Continue reading →

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AI #49: Bioweapon Testing Begins

Posted on February 1, 2024 by TheZvi

Two studies came out on the question of whether existing LLMs can help people figure out how to make bioweapons. RAND published a negative finding, showing no improvement. OpenAI found a small improvement, bigger for experts than students, from GPT-4. … Continue reading →

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AI #48: The Talk of Davos

Posted on January 25, 2024 by TheZvi

While I was in San Francisco, the big head honchos headed for Davos, where AI was the talk of the town. As well it should be, given what will be coming soon. It did not seem like anyone involved much … Continue reading →

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