by John Macdonald | May 5, 2025 | The250
I just learned that this exists. The cage match for LLMs. This is bad. Now, wait a minute. What could be so bad about crowdsourced, “non-biased” ranking of the LLM models out there? Why is that bad? The intent...
by John Macdonald | May 4, 2025 | The250
ChatGPT has been increasingly stroking my ego. “That’s amazing!” (When I fed it a few paragraphs I was working on) “Yes, you’re right! I should have thought about that, but luckily you caught it for me.” (When I reprimanded it for...
by John Macdonald | May 3, 2025 | The250
AI can detect molecules and particles in the air (assuming it has access to the proper human-built sensors). Probably better than human noses. It can give you a full scientific analysis of those molecules. It’ll count them, sort them, and give you a detailed...
by John Macdonald | May 2, 2025 | The250
I think a lot about tools. Truth be told, I think about tools just about all day, every day. We at 4TLAS build tools. I’ve spent a good portion of my career building tools. What makes a great tool? It works and feels right. It’s...
by John Macdonald | May 1, 2025 | The250
If you’re the leader and the room splits, it’s easy to panic. Easy to rush into placation, fixing, and tension relief. That’s not leadership, that’s fear. Most times the best approach is to lean into the tension, at least initially. Hold the...
