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Braggoscope Prompts
Matt Webb's [Braggoscope](https://www.braggoscope.com/) ([previously](https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/13/braggoscope/)) is an alternative way to browse the archive's of the BBC's long-running radio series [In Our Time](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl), including the ability to browse by Dewey Decimal library …
Why I Lost Faith in Kagi
Issues with Kagi's AI focus, finances and leadership
Extracting Prompts by Inverting LLM Outputs
We consider the problem of language model inversion: given outputs of a language model, we seek to extract the prompt that generated these outputs. We develop a new black-box method,...
How I Use "AI"
I don't think that AI models (by which I mean: large language models) are over-hyped. In this post I will list 50 ways I've used them.
How I Use “AI” by Nicholas Carlini
Nicholas is an author on [Universal and Transferable Adversarial Attacks on Aligned Language Models](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.15043), one of my favorite LLM security papers from last year. He understands the flaws in this …
Introducing sqlite-vec v0.1.0: a vector search SQLite extension that runs everywhere
Install with Python, Node.js, Deno, Bun Rust, Go, C, WASM...
We had an AI attempt to make a data-driven story like we do at The Pudding
We review and grade what it created.
Aider
Aider is an impressive open source local coding chat assistant terminal application, developed by Paul Gauthier (founding CTO of [Inktomi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi) back in [1996-2000](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulgauthier/details/experience/)). I tried it out today, using an …
Doctors weaponize AI in insurance battles over patient care authorizations
Physicians are pushing back against automatic denials from healthcare insurance providers by allowing AI tools to write their appeals.
Non-Obvious Prompt Engineering Guide
There are many prompt writing tutorials available. In this one, I share unique insights not found elsewhere.
arunsupe/semantic-grep: grep for words with similar meaning to the query
grep for words with similar meaning to the query.
Solving the out-of-context chunk problem for RAG
Open-source data warehouse for unstructured data
All the existential risk, none of the economic impact. That's a shitty trade
I offer "no economic boost," you receive "P(doom)"
txtai
txtai is an all-in-one open-source embeddings database for semantic search, LLM orchestration and language model workflows
LLM Agents Demystified
Hands-on implementation with LightRAG library
Doriandarko/claude-engineer: Claude Engineer is an interactive command-line interface (CLI) that leverages the power of Anthropic's Claude-3.5-Sonnet model to assist with software development tasks. This tool combines the capabilities of a large language model with practical file system operations and web search functionality.
Claude Engineer is an interactive command-line interface (CLI) that leverages the power of Anthropic's Claude-3.5-Sonnet model to assist with software development tasks. This tool combines the ...
Language models on the command-line w/ Simon Willison
The Unix command-line philosophy has always been about joining different tools together to solve larger problems. LLMs are a fantastic addition to this envir...
Imitation Intelligence, my keynote for PyCon US 2024
I gave an invited keynote at PyCon US 2024 in Pittsburgh this year. My goal was to say some interesting things about AI—specifically about Large Language Models—both to help catch …
The Illustrated AlphaFold
A visual walkthrough of the AlphaFold3 architecture, with more details and diagrams than you were probably looking for.
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Why The Atlantic signed a deal with OpenAI
The former Wired editor-in-chief on why it makes sense to partner with AI firms.
AI tool generates fake painting timelapses, lets cat out of bag
Why would one need an AI to generate a convincing time-lapse video of one's work being drawn and painted line by line? Did you forget to record one, artist?
Scoped Propagators
My research investigates the intersection of computing, human-system interfaces, and emancipatory politics. I am interested in the potential of computing as a medium for thought, as a tool for collective action, and as a means of emancipation.
KwaiVGI/LivePortrait
Make one portrait alive!
RAG using unstructured data and the role of knowledge graphs
Uncovering the design space of RAG systems that use unstructured data and future work directions that are important.
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How to Raise Your Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Alison Gopnik and Melanie Mitchell | Los Angeles Review of Books
Julien Crockett interviews Alison Gopnik and Melanie Mitchell about complexity and learning in AI systems, and our roles as caregivers....
Gradually, then Suddenly: Upon the Threshold
Small improvements can lead to big changes
2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it’s 360. - SparkToro
Over the past decade, I’ve done several reports with multiple clickstream panels analyzing Google search behavior at scale. The last such analysis was in
Exorcising us of the Primer | Andy Matuschak
adithya-s-k/omniparse: Ingest, parse, and optimize any data format ➡️ from documents to multimedia ➡️ for enhanced compatibility with GenAI frameworks
Ingest, parse, and optimize any data format ➡️ from documents to multimedia ➡️ for enhanced compatibility with GenAI frameworks - adithya-s-k/omniparse