Archive - John’s Contemplations

Information externalities

A look at the negative impacts of increased information distribution and access. Also game theory.

Aug 14, 2024 •

April 2024

Are you paying Attention?

A deeper look into the method that revolutionized AI

Apr 23, 2024 •

March 2024

The State of AI – March 2024

On Claude 3's capabilities, Gemini's alignment, AI market opportunity, open vs closed-source models, and more...

Mar 9, 2024 •

October 2023

Survival is getting more expensive

A quick look at some economic data

Oct 26, 2023 •

July 2023

It is still early for open-source AI

Despite all the recent action in the open-source AI space, we are still years away from unlocking its true potential

Jul 29, 2023 •

April 2023

Don't count Google out just yet

They were caught asleep at the wheel, but the AI revolution has only just begun

Apr 25, 2023 •

March 2023

The unreasonable effectiveness of LLMs

Why are LLMs so much more effective than we expected?

Mar 8, 2023 •

December 2022

Welcome to Contemplations!

A quick intro and what to expect

Dec 6, 2022 •

This is John’s Contemplations, a newsletter about technology, humanity, and living the good life..

Dec 6, 2022 •

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