2025-08-15 01:35:00
I’ve said it before but it bears repeating:
I don’t want self-driving cars. I want boring things like public transit that comes so regularly I don’t need to check a schedule. I want fast passenger rail so accessible and easy it’s preferable to suffering airports.
I want cities that aren’t built around cars-by-default.
(Source unknown)
2025-08-14 21:56:00
Thoughts on No AGI in Sight: What This Means for LLMs (Kenneth’s Blog)
Some really important takeaways here:
Chasing after AGI is a fool’s errand. At least, if AGI is in our future, it is not along the current path. LLMs do not, and will not, deliver AGI.
What LLMs have delivered, though, has tremendous potential, much of which has yet to be realized. The corollary here is that (as I have said all along) GenAI is largely a solution looking for a problem.
The work involved in leveraging these new capabilities will not happen automatically; we’ll need people to do it. Thus, a new form of knowledge work is being created even as Gen AI obviates the need for some others.
2025-08-12 08:52:00
I’m happy to share that today I received permanent resident status in Mexico. I’m excited more than I can say, and very grateful to the people who helped me and to this beautiful country. 🇲🇽
Time to celebrate with a margarita on the beach!
2025-08-12 00:10:00
Good read, although I don’t share the author’s conclusion that the world is bleak. Nor am I tired of talking about AI. Rather, I’m tired of the hype; I’d prefer to talk about it in a more rational way. It’s good for some things, bad at others, and replete with unresolved underlying issues. Let’s deal with that.
