Tracing the thoughts of a large language model \ Anthropic
It turns out that, in Claude, refusal to answer is the default behavior: we find a circuit that is “on” by default and that causes the model to state that it has insufficient information to answer any given question. However, when the model is asked about something it knows well—say, the basketball player Michael Jordan—a […]
The Demoralization is just Beginning | the singularity is nearer
This is a map of primary trading partners, US vs China, and how it has evolved over the last 20 years. Think about it, and realize this probably reflects your experience. Source: The Demoralization is just Beginning | the singularity is nearer
“The Lost Art of Logarithms”: Preface
The subject of this book is the history, use, meaning, and importance of logarithms, which are numbers that fell into obscurity with the increasing prevalence of electronic calculators in the 1970s. I hope to demonstrate in this book that logarithms are central to our perceptions and consequent understanding of the world, if only we knew […]
US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s | Hacker News
It’s getting the point where people are actively avoiding USA made goods as a protest. To tell you the truth, it’s not as hard to do as avoiding Chinese made goods so I think America is going to lose out massively. Right now as it stands today, I feel a lot less guilty about buying […]
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A Practical Guide to Implementing DeepSearch/DeepResearch
What makes this design great is that it maintains a single shared context across all questions. When a gap question is answered, that knowledge becomes immediately available for all subsequent questions, including when we eventually revisit the original question. Source: A Practical Guide to Implementing DeepSearch/DeepResearch
20 years working on the same software product | Successful Software
I now divide my time between PerfectTablePlan and my 2 other products: data wrangling software Easy Data Transform and visual planner Hyper Plan. Having multiple products keeps things varied and avoids having all my eggs in one basket. In May 2024 I released PerfectTablePlan v7 with a load of improvements and new features. And I […]
LukeW | Molecular Sequence Modeling & Design
Evo 2 excels at predicting the effects of mutations on human genes, particularly in non-coding regions where current models struggle. When fine-tuned on known breast cancer mutations, it achieves state-of-the-art performance. Source: LukeW | Molecular Sequence Modeling & Design
Paths through the space of all possible solutions | sean goedecke
Some engineers seem like they’re moving through the world like magic. Everything they touch looks easy, they never get blocked by anything, and they end up shipping a lot without much heartache. These are almost always engineers who are deeply familiar with the space of possible solutions at the company they work at, and who […]
Shadow IT, shadow research, and democratizing research | go ahead, mac my day
When a research team tries to clamp down on research activities by others, unless that team is incredibly well-resourced and well-supported, with enough visibility that everyone knows where to go to get great research, shadow research happens. People who want to talk to users/customers will find a way whether the research team wants them to […]