Prompts & GenAI
OpenAI has just released its o1 models. o1 adds a new level of complexity to the traditional architecture of LLMs, a zero-shot chain-of-thought (CoT). I share my first impressions about o1 in the signature style of this website: talking to chatbots, getting their answers, posting everything.
We talk so much about ‘papers’ and the presumed authenticity of their content when we read through academic research, in all fields, but when touching on machine learning in particular. Ironically, the process that created the medium for scientific research diffusion in the physical paper era was not that different from the process that produces the ‘content’ in the era governed by machine learning algorithms, whether these are classifiers, search engines, or generative algorithms: ‘shattering’ texts by tokenizing them and creating embeddings, decomposing pieces of visual art into numeric ‘tensors’ a deep artificial neural network will later ‘diffuse’ into images that attract clicks for this cringey blog…
Searching for information is the quintessential misconception about LLMs being helpful or improving other existing technology. In my opinion, web search is a more effective way to find information, simply because search engines give the user what they want faster, and in a format that fits the purpose much better than a chatting tool: multiple sources to scroll through in a purpose-built user interface, including filter options, configuration settings, listed elements, excerpts, tabulated results, whatever you get in that particular web search tool… not the “I’m here to assist you, let’s delve into the intricacies of the ever-evolving landscape of X…” followed by a long perfectly composed paragraph based on a probabilistic model you would typically get when you send a prompt to ChatGPT asking for factual information about a topic named ‘X’.
Microsoft has just announced the launch of its own ‘GPT Builder’ for customizing chatbots, similar to OpenAI’s ‘GPT Store’. This was part of a broader announcement of Copilot Pro, a premium AI-powered service for Microsoft 365 users to enhance productivity, code, and text writing. According to Satya Nadella’s announcement today on Threads, Microsoft and OpenAI appear to be competing entities, yet they are working on the same technology (GPT), augmented by Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI. It certainly seems like a strange business strategy for Microsoft. Please provide some insight into the move’s rationale and strategic motivations.
✍️ I began in content publishing back in 2006. I was then an information and communications technology (ICT) student fascinated by the growth of Internet technology and the tools that allowed us to write about our hobbies and interests while connecting with like-minded people. Back when Facebook was not yet popular, and Twitter and Instagram did not exist, people mainly used blogging platforms and personal websites to publish their content. At that time, generally tech-savvy individuals who blogged or owned a website had more visibility. They were easier to find than anyone is in today’s age of information overload. Since …
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[Original LinkedIn post in English] [LinkedIn article in English] [Blog post] 😎 Tell me something about the song “Conventional Wisdom” by “Built to Spill” 🤖 Sure, here is something I can tell you about the song “Conventional Wisdom” by “Built to Spill”: * It is a song from their sixth studio album You in Reverse, which was released on April 11, 2006 [Bing search]. ⦁ It is a rock song with a catchy chorus and a long guitar solo. The lyrics are about questioning the conventional wisdom in a world that’s just so unconventional [Bing search]. * It has a music …