I worked on LLMs, and now I got opinions. Today, let’s talk about when LLMs make mistakes. On AI Slop You’ve already heard of LLM mistakes, because you’ve seen them in the news. […] LLMs could be used to summarize sources. Something that’s fairly obvious in my journal club is that many researchers are…
How can you tell if a space alien is a friend or an enemy? One spaceman has that decision to make in Tom Godwin’s “Cry from a Far Planet.” Listen to Dennis Jerz read the science fiction classic to discover the answer. Similar:The Outrageous Okona (TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 4)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next…
Today’s #blender3d modeling, inspired by a satellite photo courtesy of Google Maps. (I’m not aiming for architectural perfection, but with each try I’m definitely leveling up.) #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Vintage TV News Coverage of Pac-ManVintage TV news coverage of Pac-Man. …CybercultureThe barbican at Mickelgate was pulled down in the 1800s but I made a rough approximation…
I have a daughter who does things. Here’s what she’ll be starting on next week. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:Biggest accomplishment of the dayThe real problem is timing — they had c…Government‘Heil Trump’ and an anti-gay slur were scrawled on an Indiana church right after Trump’s e…A well-written news story, covering a se…CultureMy Cow Game Extracted Your Facebook…
Basic details for #medievalyork city walls for a forthcoming scholarly theatrical project. #mysteryplay #blender3d Not aiming for architectural accuracy, just background details. Similar:Those emails can wait.PersonalEnjoying live theater.The Illustrious Invalid. @kinetictheatre_pghPersonalProfessor Sees Parallels Between Things, Other Things”By drawing parallels between things and…AcademiaStage Right Nation goes Into the Woods at Saint Vincent Summer Theater. Great job…
The cast of comical, quirky characters are most enjoyable. Marigold (Carolyn Jerz) is hilarious as the new age, love child who always sees the best in everybody and everything. Jerz floats, whirls, and glides across the stage. She’s delightful and believable in her role. Her presence on stage brings lightness and spreads joy. —Burgh Vivant…
Carolyn Jerz lights up the stage from her first entrance, almost literally. Dressed in bright colors and elaborately coiffed, with her face made up so pale white that it glows (think Björk meets Catherine O’Hara in Beetlejuice), Jerz imbues the role of spiritualist and yoga enthusiast Marigold with an outsider energy that is otherworldly, larger than life,…
Moments after Donald Trump was rushed to safety following a failed assassination attempt at a Saturday night rally, some of his supporters turned toward the press pen with obscenities as they fingered reporters for blame. “This is your fault!” one attendee emphatically yelled, pointing at individual journalists as he approached the fence line separating them from attendees.…
Your first attempt at a medieval gate and city walls will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:MoonBot is back. This time he fights a new adversary. #Blender3D physics practice.I submitted midterm grades at about 11 l…AestheticsAnother 10sq cm section of a #neovictorian control panel for a personal #blender3D #steamp…AestheticsWhile searching my bag for a…
Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furniture may be a bit too fancy for an untenured prof, but multiple copies of the prof’s book on the shelves was a realistic touch. Similar:Happy ice cream turkey cake day. AestheticsMy mother has taught me so much. I'm delighted I get…
These buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good enough for me to move on to the next step. #blender3d #blender3dart #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Ugh. Unmarked items waiting for me as I start to recover from an illness.PersonalFrozen opens tonight. (All shows have been sold out for over a…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Not attempting historical accuracy but still had to learn a heck of a lot to model the ste… Later I need to add spokes to those …DesignThe girl was cast as Luciana (the younger sister) in The Comedy of Errors in the PPT's sum…Show is July…
#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. Enjoying free WiFi in a shady courtyard downtown. Similar:And yes, that's her picture in the program (from the PPT Shakespeare contest).At PPT’s The Diary of Anne Frank. …CultureCarolyn had fun playing a street urchin this weekend in Stage Right’s production…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Enjoying live theater.The Illustrious Invalid. @kinetictheatre_pghPersonalSeton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabeth Burns, Jake Carnahan-Curcio and Carolyn Jerz in …Seton Hill students Emily Vohs, Elizabet…AcademiaTravel trouble, gun restrictions and no more ‘Mr Trump’: the trials…
The writer, director, and one of the cast members talk about the play that my daughter Carolyn is getting ready to open Friday. Tickets: https://veryberrydead.bpt.me/ Similar:The Rivals #PPTPlaytimeA great production of a delightful play.CultureCEO’s brutalist office, for a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)….AestheticsMedea at Seton Hill University.CultureWhy Our Children Don't Think There Are…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:She was nervous about the dog misbehaving during "Tomorrow," so I told her she could pract… https://youtu.be/718e4XsNvGY Leap…AmusingInvasive Procedures (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 4) A disgruntled Trill stea…Rewatching ST:DS9 The station…
I used to spend time in class teaching students about how your act of choosing to link from your blog to someone else’s blog was part of the formula Google used to rank its search results. The words you picked when you crafted your hyperlink was a way of conveying or withholding value. Tagging is…
Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier Similar:More #blender3d #steampunk goodness. #design #aesthetics #blender3dart AestheticsScreening of "Indentured" (short film the girl and I filmed in January)PersonalI had a grand time recording this little story about a misunderstood genius who just wants… The Cask of Amotillado (read by Denn…Culture45m into a game against a player ranked…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:The Library Adjacent to My Ethership Control Room Needed BooksFor me, summer vacation means spending h…AestheticsPinkalicious — "Buzz Off"My daughter plays the Bumblebee in “Buzz…AestheticsThis is Ralph. Ralph is a concept, created by you while reading this.AmusingBad Doggy — practicing "Tomorrow" with a human Sandyhttp://www.youtube.com/v/718e4XsNvGY …AmusingCollege student…
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