LLM linguistics: It’s more complicated than that
July 11, 2025
Linguists find that different AIs have different ways of speaking, but their conclusions are missing an important factor: evolution.Farm stench: The rural Kobayashi Maru
July 9, 2025
You're driving along, enjoying the rural scenery, when you pass a farm that's just had manure spread on the fields. "Recirc" or "Fresh Air"?Taking a small stand against subtle racism
July 4, 2025
When a client caved to "the current climate" I had to say something. A tiny semantic tweak
July 2, 2025
It took a small change in wording (but no change in procedure) to convince Cigna to cover my surgery and hospital stay.No, AI isn’t a ‘fancy autocomplete’
June 30, 2025
If someone refers to an AI or an LLM as "just a fancy autocomplete," they are simply wrong — and it's obvious when you think about it.A few bad words
June 25, 2025
A new exploit lets users spend hours getting a chatbot to do what any 12-year-old can already do. Oh, the horror!Protesting a provider’s poor pronunciation
June 25, 2025
Cora provided me the perfect prose for a provider petition, with every word starting with P — for reasons you'll understand.I’m spicy!
June 24, 2025
Why be neurodivergent when you can be "neurospicy"?Here’s why AI can reinforce some dangerous ideas
June 23, 2025
Why would ChatGPT reinforce someone's dangerous delusions? (Did no one think to ask it?) Cora gives me the — long — answer.Oh noes, it’s not perfect yet
June 23, 2025
Even AI knows that today's LLMs are "a toddler with a rocket strapped to its back." But the media always seems excited to discover it makes mistakes.
