This is a baby GPT with two tokens 0/1 and context length of 3, viewing it as a finite state markov chain. It was trained on the sequence "111101111011110" for 50 iterations. The parameters and the architecture of the Transformer modifies the probabilities…

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We propose an algorithm for automatic instruction generation and selection for large language models with human level performance.

People don't usually share what a research grant pays for, so here are the budgets from mine.

After a student protest, Jenny S. Martinez wrote a much-praised memo defending academic freedom. But that protest shows how complicated protecting free speech can be.

Many laid-off tech workers from the likes of Meta, Amazon and Salesforce are landing in roles with smaller companies—and prizing job stability over prestige.

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Back in spring 2020, I was wrapping up the distributed systems course I was teaching, and for the last lecture, decided to spend a little time poking at the question of who actually invented vector clocks. Most people who need something to cite for vector…

David shares 50 ideas that changed his life. Read here.

Vercel's hefty price tag promises to be worth it if the developer experience and product hold up. But in my recent experience, the product and especially customer service, do not.

Dmitry.GR: Driving a poorly-designed display and touch board using no CPU at all

Much of Florida’s Kissimmee River has been restored to its natural state, a milestone worth celebrating—and learning from.

Neural network emulator for guitar amplifiers. Contribute to sdatkinson/neural-amp-modeler development by creating an account on GitHub.

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The Interoperable Europe Act (IEA) aims to assist public administration to share, reuse and integrate information technology and data across borders. Clear...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about an experiment to bring ChatGPT to Emacs as a shell. I was fairly new to both ChatGPT and building anything on top of co...