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Can LLMs Synthesize New Knowledge?

My old friend Ryan Casey posed this question recently, and wrote up a nice theory with a proposed solution to the question which he calls Probabilistic Knowledge Synthesis (PKS). The purpose of my post here is to respond to Ryan’s theory and offer my own perspective on the question of whether LLMs can synthesize new […]

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How AI Can Disrupt Social Media and End Addiction

Social media is the new nicotine. The Surgeon General already declared as much for youth in May, and as of yesterday is being urged by 42 state attorneys general to do so for adults as well. I see it’s toxic effect every day on my family, including myself, my kids, and my wife. We are […]

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Climate Tech Is About To Get Desperate

The new reality is that the next wave of climate tech investments will be bold, outlandish, desperate, and probably dangerous. In 2022 the world had a viable path towards solving climate change. The recipe was simple enough: just rapidly scale out climate technologies like renewables, EVs, heat pumps, alternative proteins, and low carbon concrete and […]