Pangram, the AI that powers the new Substack AI validation system, is proud of its 0.02% false positive rate. Let’s frame that appropriately. First, call it what it is: a false accusation rate. In any situation that matters (not Substacks, but things like students being kicked out of school for academic dishonesty, professors losing tenure,…
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Compare these two sets of messages. Positive: You belong You are welcome here You are one of us You are not to blame You are part of the solution You are one of the good guys You are an equal You have a voice Negative: You do not belong here You are not welcome here…
What a difference a year makes. I was putting together slides for a private workshop I’m doing today, and for fun I decided to take a snapshot of Humanity’s Last Exam results from a year ago and from today. That was eye-opening. In a year’s time, what was described as one of the most difficult…
China strikes again. Two big model releases this week – Minimax H3 (Hailuo), king-size video generator, which can run on a machine that can support 500 GB of VRAM. You won’t be running this on a MacBook any time soon, but big inference providers like DeepInfra will be able to serve this up and it’s…
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Summary In today's episode, I walk through Trust Insights' new paper on theoretical AI usage and what jobs AI could actually do. Here's what this means for you. You gain a clearer framework for evaluating AI opportunities in your own organization beyond the panic-inducing headlines about job displacement. You'll also learn these concepts: why Anthropic's…
