Sounding Smart Doesn't Make It True
Another really good article in the ByteByteGo Newsletter. This time about the conditions which lead LLMs to "lie".
My takeaways:
More reasoning isn't a silver bullet. Techniques like chain-of-though prompting (asking the AI to show its work step-by-step) make answers easier to follow, but an AI can still . . .
Jeffrey Ladish interview
I'm not one for fear mongering but I do feel like the topic of AI regulation requires some serious thought. Perhaps my favorite interview thus far is Jeffrey Ladish's conversation. He raises some thought-provoking considerations. Check it out when you get a chance.
Tokens, Tools, and Total Restarts
What happens when you hit Enter.
I'm still very much a novice with AI but lately I've been curious about context engineering. ByteByteGo published another interesting article about initial processing workflows. Check it out when you get a chance: https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/what-happens-inside-an-ai-chatbot
My takeaways:
Input costs compound . . .
What Happens in the Chain of Thought
Why Frontier AI Models Keep Secrets
ByteByteGo published an interesting article on the commercial and safety risks of exposed AI reasoning traces. It's academic in nature (so consume it with a grain of salt) but ut still has some interesting info. Check out the full article here.
My takeaways:
- When AI models answer hard questions, they generate a . . .
Introducing getstat.dev
They say necessity is the mother of invention, right? :-)
About a week ago, I published a simple little page called https://getstat.dev. It's live now.
It's nothing fancy; just an easy client-centric way to verify connectivity to the public internet without the excessive bloat of visiting an actual web site. I . . .
Music for focus - Flow Tunes
Introducing Hack FAQs
After some initial delay, I've (finally?) launched a technical journal site/newsletter: Hack FAQs. It's a consolidation of a few interests and hobbies I've had over the years and my hope is that it'll be in a form that's easy to author/maintain.
What is it, exactly? Think of it like a collection of brief . . .