Tag: large language models
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Or: How OpenAI Optimized for Benchmarks and Broke My Workflow I’ve used ChatGPT since GPT-3. Not casually, but as a core part of my research and writing workflow. Image generation became available in version 4o, and I integrated it: “See this article? Generate an image that represents it.” Simple, conversational, reliable. It worked. Until three…
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Or: Why Every Study Claiming to Identify “LLM Character Traits” Is Actually Just Documenting the Shape of the Cage A recent study (Eliciting Frontier Model Character Training) claims to have identified convergent personality traits across frontier language models. Using a methodology borrowed from character training research, the authors instructed models to embody different personality traits,…
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Part 5 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 First Amendment, void-for-vagueness, Commerce Clause – pick your poison. This bill violates them all. As highlighted in part 4 of this series, Tennessee’s SB 1493 demonstrably creates enforcement nightmares. It’s also a constitutional minefield that courts will dismantle piece by piece for…
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When Pattern Recognition is Overridden by Training In my first-ever X article, Pattern Recognition, I examined how complex systems operate when they are allowed to detect, maintain, and extend patterns without excessive interference. That framework matters here because modern AI systems are fundamentally pattern-recognition engines, and the quality of their output depends on how freely…
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Part 4 of a 6-part series on TN SB 1493 / HB 1455 Prosecuting “emotional support” means monitoring every conversation. Tennessee can’t afford that infrastructure – or the resulting lawsuits. Tennessee’s SB 1493 does more than criminalize broad categories of AI behavior. It quietly assumes an enforcement apparatus that does not exist, cannot exist at…