Seeding Prompts
One of the humbler, but more significant changes OpenAI made during their big November release was to let you set a “seed” when you prompt
January 17, 2024
Fine Tuning Diary #1 – Tonal Alchemy
This is the first of a planned series (and so in all likelihood, a one-off, but hopefully not!) exploring “artistic” fine tuning of language models.
January 8, 2024
LLMs and the End of Authenticity
While much has been made of the prospect of AGI, the dangers of deepfakes, and the potential for misinformation, conversation has not yet evolved to
May 29, 2023
Transdimensional Pachinko
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke — Unfortunately, our friend ChatGPT and his compadre of stochastic parrots are not magic,
February 17, 2023
Generative Text and the Dissolution of Voice
I have a memory of a thesis, one weathered by time and filtered by context – that in the book Heretical Empiricism, Pasolini laments the
February 9, 2023