Singular XQ rewatches Silicon Valley S1:E1

So this one is gonna be fun. This is our messy first episode, but we've canned two more already, and it keeps getting better. We think you'll agree with us that the 2014 HBO Max series Silicon Valley just hits different in 2024. Here are Aaron

June 7, 2024

We have started the loveliest of partnerships with the loveliest of small nonprofit orgs, Bookshop.org. It's an online bookstore, and its aim is to support independent bookstores and authors. You can pick which local bookstore you want to support and you can make us your preferred. We

Singular XQ Podcast 4:31

Shayna Bergman and High Achieving Parents In this conversation, Jennifer Pierce interviews Shayna Bergman, a leadership and executive coach, about the challenges of balancing careers and family. They discuss the pressure to do it all and the unrealistic expectations placed on individuals, especially women. They also explore the importance of

Plagiarized material about plagiaristic tech, Google embarrassed, an excuse to unsubscribe

Irony Alert: LLM paper contains plagiarized material. A Turkish engineer was asked to review a deep learning paper and discovered his own writing in it. 💡"When Çavuşoğlu first skimmed through the other paper, he came across some sections containing an uncanny resemblance to his own ideas. 'I thought,

Season 4 Launches!

Wow, it has been a long wait! However, we think you will find the wait worth it. In addition to our usual emerging technology intellectual hub interviews, we have several new series. The content is just coming out of our pores, friends. Season 4 finally launches today with the first

What the future of research employment looks like

Welcome to Research Futures

Scarlett Johansson was robbed, return-to-office mandates kill innovative talent, my book launch, and the crypto philanthropy boom.

The latest OAI demo was like a late-night sex product infomercial. If you follow my Linked In News Feed, you'll have seen a lot of conversations about ChatGPT 4o, which I have been calling ChatGPT4 ShowMeYourOFace, making the Mike Judge (creator of Silicon Valley and Office Space) reference

ChatGPT 4o, handwriting, fake science and a little optimism

confusing and stage-y demo with no testing, research, or safety documentation The big news on 4o (which isn’t the long awaited GPT5) demonstrated looking and emotional speaking capabilities. I call out the concerns and troubles with that highly theatrical and curated demo here. I will add one more concern

Houston, we have a problem: GPT plagiarism

You've been hearing a lot about hallucinations. Some people call them hallucinations or confabulations, but let's call them out for what they are. Bad results. Sometimes, terrible results. Calling it a hallucination is another way of personifying and using "anthropomorphic" language to persuade investors