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:Trump’s Claims About Media Coverage of Terror Attacks Are BogusThe difference between PR…
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:A stranger approached me today.A stranger approached me today. I was a…CultureThe Child –Antoine Bardou-Jacquet –The Child…AestheticsDress rehearsal for Mamma Mia. This weekend only.PersonalWhat if I design…
I have a daughter who does things. Here’s what she’ll be starting on next week. @frontporchtheatricals Similar:Dear daughter, let Miley Cyrus be a lesson to youI am intrigued by the possibility that M…CultureThis is what audience members are saying about Prime Stage Theatre’s production of The Out…https://youtu.be/y_yXrOdB-oE BooksStage Right Theatre Company's 'Fiddler' all about family,…
Basic details for #medievalyork city walls for a forthcoming scholarly theatrical project. #mysteryplay #blender3d Not aiming for architectural accuracy, just background details. Similar:Modular low-poly medieval buildings. Ground-level storefronts have more detail than the up…Modular low-poly medieval buildings. Gro…AestheticsAnother 10sq cm of background details for a #steampunk project. #blender3d #blender3dart #…AestheticsLighting really makes a difference! A…
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:My daughter was five or six when she created the character “Moonbot” for the #steampunk be…https://youtu.be/GoWiNB_tlJ8 AestheticsMy theory: Trump was composing therapeutic poetry, and got stuck on the last line. PersonalFolger Shakespeare Library on "The Fate of Ophelia"On my…
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:The daughter is home from London.PersonalVery impressive mural has been installed in Admin for SHU’s Centennial.PersonalThe YouTube…
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:My student journalists sport their fashionable “What Would Jerz Do?” wristbands.AcademiaOn the upside, no fake news is currently being shared on Facebook. Can't think of…
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend. Similar:Finished the female officers for my neovictorian steampunk personal project. #blender3d, #… Female officers, from the le…AestheticsCrabby 9yo Constructs a Head-mounted Frump-amplification Isolation CubeMy 9yo was ordered not to leave the kitc…DesignThe Duolingo owl is proud of me.PersonalThis class has been everything that I expect…
#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:Just a #neovictorian avatar in spats and a tailcoat, checking out the back porch and bridg… AestheticsA little board-gaming for Labor Day.PersonalWhen she's grown and flown, I will miss the thick…
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh. Similar:Contagion (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season 2, Episode 11)Picard faces aggressive Romulans and an …DesignDozens of Plagiarism Incidents Are Reported in Coursera's Free Online Courses”If we really are trying to teach the wo…AcademiaA Box With A…
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:Text Games in a New Era of StoriesClever NYT writer cleverly notices a gen…CultureThings Past #StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch (Season 5, Episode 8) Odo confronts his reputation as a…Rewatching ST:DS9 Sisko,…
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies. Similar:After Hours – Why The Star Trek Universe is Secretly HorrifyingAfter Hours – Why The Star Trek Universe…AmusingA Merry Look at Journalism in "The Year Without a Santa Claus"In the classic stop-action TV…
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:Alas for You (Godspell, Stage Right)Three weeks ago tonight, I got an email …DramaFDR in AnnieI’ve accepted the role of FDR in the upc…CultureMy daughter who sometimes does things will be singing & swinging August 16 – 25 with @fron…My daughter who sometimes does things wi…CultureJerz Nerdcation 2013On…
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park. Similar:Dress rehearsal for The Nutcracker.AestheticsToday's 10sq cm of #steampunk control panel. #blender3d #blender3dartAestheticsMechanical innards for a Steampunk set piece. #Blender3D #greebleshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oChXOu8C…AestheticsMe (glares in iambic pentameter)Me: I need to post the opening lecture f…AcademiaMy students were awesome. So many thoughtful final projects. So much growth. A stressful, …PersonalSo…
Similar:Two Cheers for the Middle Ages! by Eric ChristiansenI love good writing. “Even those who dou…CultureWhy the trial by ordeal was actually an effective test of guiltHow could an ordeal-administering priest…CultureA familiar performer choreographed and dances the "Canaan Days" tango in Stage Right's Jos…AestheticsThe Onion's Supreme Court Briefing on Satire Is StunningFrom October: A man…