Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io
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I wrote about AI again. On some level I don't now why I do this to myself

jenniferplusplus.com/what-is-a

Actually, I wrote most of it months ago, for work. But, it was well received, so I put it on my blog. This is the more generic version.

The short version is that AI is not magic. It's a real phenomenon with real behavior and tradeoffs. I'm deeply tired of *****ALL***** the tradeoffs being handwaved away. And so much imagination fills in for the actual behavior. So I tried to describe how it's built, because that informs how it works, which informs what it actually does. And to be clear, it does things. It's not useless. But that's not the same as being useful, or worthwhile.

Anyway, I already put ~4k words on this in the article, so I'll shut up and let it speak for itself.

What is a token

AI is meant to seem like magic. But there's no such thing as magic. It's all illusion. So, allow me to spoil that illusion for you.

jenniferplusplus.com · Jennifer++

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Ruth Malan @RuthMalan@mastodon.social
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RE: hachyderm.io/@jenniferplusplus

It’s all so good (of course!!), but the sections on anchoring and vigilance really draw a concern into view. A taste:

“Recently a new term has entered the discussion about AI coding: LLM burnout. This sounds to me like it's largely vigilance fatigue.”

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