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Is it just me or is the eerie music from #Severance sometimes an echo of the music from the 70’s movie The Conversation?

Gerben Wierda Mar 9

Oh boy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hycoCYenXls&pp=ygUQbXVycGh5IHNpeCB3ZWVrcw%3D%3D

Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History

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Gerben Wierda Feb 28

On closer inspection, Generative AI 'reasoning models' do not reason. They still approximate, just with one extra level of indirection.

http://ea.rna.nl/2025/02/28/generative-ai-reasoning-models-dont-reason-even-if-it-seems-they-do/

Generative AI ‘reasoning models’ don’t reason, even if it seems they do

‘Reasoning models’ such as GPT4-o3 have become a well known member of the Generative AI family. But look inside and while they add a certain depth, at the same time they add nothing at …

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Gerben Wierda Feb 28

Musk ending an FAA contract of his competitor. Bezos criticising Trump and losing a defence contract during Trump's 1st term. Musk turning Twitter into a propaganda channel. Bezos now reneging on his promise not to influence the Washington Post. How fast can the US change from a rule-based democracy to a corrupt oligarchy? What DJT said he wanted to fight, the use of the powers and influence of the state against opponents is what seems to be happening now.

Gerben Wierda Feb 22

I am in need of someone with knowledge of the US Pacific Northwest. #Seattle is the main/starting focus, but the Seattle-#SanFrancisco route is also in focus. If you are from that area and are willing to help, contact me with a DM. Thanks in advance.

Gerben Wierda Feb 21

This is probably going to be my one and only Substack post: https://substack.com/home/post/p-157604123

Substack's monetising model is part of a problem, not a solution

The economy is becoming a fragmented set of subscriptions, and that's a problem

Gerben Wierda Feb 8

Humans do not simply react to what is there. They react to what *could be* there. And that makes a big difference.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/key-real-intelligence-might-imagination-gerben-wierda-rv0ye/

The key to real intelligence might be imagination

Take the following example: You’re driving a car. Along the road — at a few meters distance — are many parked cars.

Gerben Wierda Feb 4

I suspect that when two centuries from now historians look back at this period, they will not label it an age of enlightenment...

Gerben Wierda Jan 13

Do I smell 'silver bullet'?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks-veins-labour-announces-huge-public-rollout-of-ai

‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI

Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data

The Guardian

Gerben Wierda Jan 8

Sam Altman has claimed OpenAI is confident that it can build Artificial General Intelligent (AGI). GPT-3o also has done very well on an AGI benchmark. On the difference between narrow, general and (introducing) 'wide' AI.

http://ea.rna.nl/2025/01/08/lets-call-gpt-and-friends-wide-ai-and-not-agi/

Let’s call GPT and Friends: ‘Wide AI’ (and not ‘AGI’)

GPT-3o has done very well on the ARC-AGI-PUB benchmark. Sam Altman has also claimed OpenAI is confident that it can build Artificial General Intelligent (AGI). But that may be based on confusions a…

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