In a world where technological advancements seem to come at an ever-accelerating pace…
In a world where technological advancements seem to come at an ever-accelerating pace…
Our efforts to municipalize and to right-size Folsom Street remind me of the passion we felt in the 1960s about ending the war. Our absolute certainty about the dangers of the military-industrial complex and the war’s immorality trumped all else. The majority voting bloc on Boulder’s City Council seems to feel just as strongly that …
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models combine a retrieval component—often a vector‐based search over an external knowledge source—with a generative language model. The basic RAG pipeline is: Query encoding & retrieval Cross-correlation among retrieved contexts Generator conditioning Why cross-correlation matters in RAG Reducing redundancy: When multiple retrieved chunks say the same thing, naive concatenation wastes tokens. Cross-correlation …
Artificial Intelligence, particularly in its form as a large language model…
Evolution is an inevitable force, guiding systems toward greater efficiency…
Throughout history, the most significant changes to human society have often emerged quietly, without the fanfare of political upheavals or religious movements. These changes, such as the advent of the washing machine, have transformed lives more profoundly than any revolution or war. The introduction of a home appliance that replaced manual labor in the form …
In our rapidly changing world, it’s often the quiet, steady advancements in technology that have the most profound impact on society…
As we look toward the future, it's clear that our energy systems must evolve. We are in the midst of a transition away from the traditional, combustion-based methods of power generation that have dominated for centuries. This shift isn’t just a matter of technological innovation; it is a necessary adaptation to the changing needs of …
The product of 7th in a series of conversations between me and my AI powered self. In an era of rapid technological advancement and shifting geopolitical dynamics, the future of humanity seems poised for transformation. Central to this vision is the inevitability of evolution, both on a personal and societal level. At its core, evolution …
Throughout history, human progress has often surged forward the moment a breakthrough technology…
