by John Macdonald | Jun 14, 2025 | AI, The250
Apple just published an interesting paper. The TL;DR: Current Large Language Models (LLMs) and Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) still suck as the complexity of the problem increases. Also, adding more resources (i.e., compute power, etc.) and better... by John Macdonald | Jun 10, 2025 | AI, The250
I live about 70 miles east of the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. It’s been shuttered since 2019. “Exelon announced in 2017 that it would shut down Three Mile Island Unit 1 unless the state stepped in with a financial rescue of... by John Macdonald | Jun 7, 2025 | AI, The250
I’m generally an AI optimist here. Maybe an apologist also. But I recognize some of the dangers, the biggest of which is the incentives we give it. What if the incentives are malevolent? Fakers have been around for hundreds of years. Forgers,... by John Macdonald | Jun 3, 2025 | AI, The250
Productivity is easy to measure in industries that make stuff. How many cars off the line? How much wheat? How many I-beams? Productivity measurement in knowledge work is slippery. We try. Is it hours worked? Is it emails sent? Story points? Tickets resolved? Tax... by John Macdonald | May 31, 2025 | AI, The250
I’ve made it to 1000 days in a row. That’s about three years. Here are some observations: It doesn’t feel like 3 years. It’s now a habit. I get antsy if I can’t/don’t write. The perfect balance of working days... by John Macdonald | May 27, 2025 | AI, The250
The blank page used to mean something. It sometimes meant a world of possibilities laid out before you. The start of an adventure. Other times, it mocked you. It was a giant, glistening wall topped with the sharpest razor wire ever conceived. In either case, it was...