BTW my diagnosis of the LLM hype is the "indistinguishable from magic" sin. LLMs did something surprising and for which we humans had no obvious mental model, so LLMs quickly became capable, in our minds, of anything imaginable.
https://technologyreview.com/2017/10/06/241837/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-ai-predictions/
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The Sin of Indistinguishable from Magic in LLM Hype
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LLM Hype Cycle Peaks as Tech Cycles Grow Larger
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Tech hype cycles are getting larger in amplitude and frequency. Seems to me LLM hype has just passed peak. Yet another case of "Looking for 愛 in all the wrong places"? [[Yes, it is a really bad kanji/romaji pun…]]
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Missy Cummings on Autonomous Vehicles and AI Risks
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Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Fails to Locate Passenger Despite Proximity
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I ride @cruise regularly so that I can report on how close it is to reality. Last night they had comms problems across SF. Tonight I followed a car icon coming to get me for 9 minutes. Sailed right past me, 5 feet away, as app told me it couldn’t find me. Got an Uber in 2 mins.
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Cruise autonomous vehicle blocking traffic at Steiner Union
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Saw this just now, Steiner at Union, six cars backed up behind honking. Only when passenger terminated the ride and got out did the @Cruise move on.
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Cruise autonomous vehicle stuck at traffic light for 30 minutes
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"empty..Cruise vehicle..confused by the broken traffic signals..stuck at the corner..refused to move from the left lane of..busy road..car had been stopped there for over 30 mins..surreal scene as [police] yelled, beeped &..cajoled..empty car to move."
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Taylor Swift as the LLM of Regular People: Tech Bubble Observation
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Sitting at a neighborhood sushi bar in SF, where every other regular is not a tech person. Conclusion? Taylor Swift is the LLM of regular people. Bubble!!
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44 Years of Autonomous Vehicle Progress: From Moravec’s Cart to Cruise
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July 79 I was Moravec's gopher 1 to 6am nightly for his Cart 1meter/15mins indoors. Tonight, 44(!) years later, as often, took autonomous @Cruise home in SF, pretty good (better than in daylight). Progress continues. But it takes time. Decade(s) from full deployment nationwide.
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Elon Musk’s repeated FSD promises lack concrete progress
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From today's quarterly call: `“I know I’m the boy who cried FSD,” he said.' & `doesn’t signal concrete progress on self-driving technology'. Momentarily self-aware. But, `by the end of the year' again…
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Autonomous Vehicles Responding to Emergency Vehicles in San Francisco
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Sunday 10am 20 blocks across PacHghts SF, saw 3 @Waymo
, 4 @Cruise humanless. Latter pulled over to curb, stopped, and emergency lights when oncoming fire truck w/ flashing lights. First such sighting for me. Well done! Any one seen behavior when fire coming from behind?