Inflation
Two questions about how LLMs affect macroeconomics, in particular inflation. I think we’d all like to know what happens next. I’ve read quite a lot of commentary from economists, but not to the point that I have answers.
Category: Technology
New Phone
My initial thoughts after using the FLX1s Linux phone from FuriLabs for a couple of days. The conclusion so far is that this needs work before it can replace my iPhone, mostly from my side. It’s disappointing on a few dimensions, but so far I haven’t seen anything that can’t be fixed or worked around.
Scam
A shaggy dog story about how carefully Air France’s emails are contrived to perfectly resemble a scam.
Generation
The question was raised, are generation ships ethical? The first answer is, that’s a silly question. So is the second answer. But the third answer may surprise you.
Andor
The Star Wars universe can only hold reactionary stories. Andor attempts to do something else, but it only works if you don’t think too hard about what it’s all for.
Music Videos
“Artificial Intelligence” is now an inescapable part of music videos. I flirt with the idea that this is a terrible change that will destroy an art form that I love.
Glanding
I wonder why all the fuss about large-language-models and mars rockets, when we could be splurging billions recreating an Iain M. Banks novel.
Sheep
I provide my response to a challenge of a viable model of a space colony. The answer, in a nutshell, is sheep.
Gaming the System
Musing on the failure of LLMs to handle mathematics problems.
White Smoke
I’ve written a script to turn on a light either red or blue depending on the US election result. I have reasons for this. They are obscure. I felt the need to elaborate and defend my life choices.