Frontier LLMs come every 1.5-2 years

I have a theory that the LLM frontier moves every 1.5-2 years. Let me qualify. I mean that a major leap of the whatever is the best

4 Apr 2024 · 1 min read

Explaining quiet quitting

Quiet quitting is a recent name for something I am sure has been happening for all of time. It probably has something to do with the person'

2 Feb 2024 · 2 min read

SAD lights

It seems like everyone I talk to recently is thinking in the same direction: managing their seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. If you live in Estonia, or anywhere

1 Feb 2024 · 2 min read

Strive for off-grid discipline

We lost a floorball game yesterday. I can't stop thinking about it. Maybe because it felt like a pointless loss, like we lost because of something

29 Jan 2024 · 3 min read

Momentum

An object that has a lot of momentum is hard to stop. A bowling ball. An ocean liner. A person who will not allow themselves to be derailed.

29 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

Non-judgemental awareness is curative

Rather than try to fix things, all you have to do is notice, non-judgementally, that you’re doing them. Even while you’re involved in this non-judgemental noticing,

25 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

Curiosity arises from lack of feed

Here's a hypothesis: I think I'll always find something I am curious about. I am a naturally curious person, and I would actually guess

25 Jan 2024 · 2 min read

Are LLMs deterministic?

No. You can see for yourself: setting the temperature variable to 0 (meaning you always sample the most likely token from the output distribution), you'd expect

23 Jan 2024 · 2 min read

Recent LLM launches, and LLM rumors

Llama 3 is already training according to Zuck. There are conflicting sources & rumors, and the release date claims vary across all of 2024. For GPT-5 there are

23 Jan 2024 · 1 min read

A wild speed-up from OpenAI Dev Day

I'll share more thoughts on OpenAI Dev Day announcements soon, but one huge problem for any developer is LLM API latency. And boy, did OpenAI deliver.

7 Nov 2023 · 1 min read