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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.


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