Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

Tay Away

Twitter taught Tay, Microsoft's research chatbot, to be a racist asshole in less than 24 hours. On Wednesday, Microsoft launched a chatbot called Tay. The idea was, they took an AI-powered chatbot and set it to start learning more and more about how to talk…

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David F

Y'all Need to Start Using "Y'all"

I lived in the South for a chunk of my youth. The high school that graduated me had the Stars and Bars as its school flag, "Dixie" as its school song. Repulsive, right? I know! But Jewish lore says, "Who is wise? The one who…

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David F

Andy's Law

Moore's Law, the idea that computing power density in silicon would double about every 18 months, has been more than vindicated as representing an important truth about the world we live in for at least the past 35 years. Every law needs an executive to…

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