[From the time when I was working on language models during my university studies, in the 1990s]: Me to the language model: What is your future? Model: I cannot predict my future. Me: And what is my future? Model: I cannot predict your future. Me: My future is death. Model: What makes you think that? […]
Peasant and Locomotive
In the 19th century, during the construction of the Warsaw–Vienna railway in Poland, the following anecdote was said to circulate: “An engineer was passionately explaining to a peasant the secrets of the locomotive, describing how heated water turns into powerful steam which, under pressure, pushes against pistons and sets the steel wheels of the vehicle […]