Squirrel

the jig-saw puzzle problem. Analysts are presented with information that may be akin to a jig-saw puzzle. Whilst the task of piecing together the pieces of a jig-saw puz-zle is already difficult, in this case, the jig-saw puzzle does not have the box top with a picture of the finished puzzle. Analysts are expected to piece together the dif-ferent... See more

the most prominent weapons in an artist’s arsenal against nonconsensual AI scraping, Glaze and Nightshade work in similar ways: by adding what the researchers call “barely perceptible” perturbations to an image’s pixels so that machine-learning models cannot read them properly

In his intriguing book Wonderworks Fletcher identifies 25 narrative “tools” or “inventions” that trigger traceable, evidenced neurological outcomes in the reader/listener/viewer. He points out that although the science is in its infancy, early findings reveal that “combined with the established areas of psychological and psychiatric research, they... See more

The storyteller himself is one of the most important elements in traditions, in using language to make an end run around the verbal intellect, to affect a mode of consciousness not reached by the normal verbal intellectual apparatus.

What happens in liminal spaces? Doubt, discomfort, unfamiliarity, anxiety. But also growth, change, and discovery. Liminal spaces offer all of the ingredients for creativity.

“The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.” Jonathan Haidt, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Hallucinations are when generative AI tools give incorrect, misleading, or made-up answers. While there are a number of ways to prevent hallucinations, Szilagyi said the key way his firm does so is by restricting data sources.

“Primarily it’s a closed system where what you’re really doing is relying on a large language model to interpret between you... See more

What you’ve just experienced is an interactive adventure based on the text of my latest history book, The Infernal Machine. At its core, the game relies on three elements: the original text from my book; a large language model (in this case, Gemini Pro 1.5); and a 400-word prompt that I wrote giving the model instructions on how to host the game,... See more