Democratizing knowledge one keystroke at a time. PhD in NLP, full-time professor, CS Department @UdeLaHabana. Co-founder @syalia_srl.
Havana, Cuba 🇨🇺
Joined September 2011
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Why are (artificial) neural networks so powerful?
No, it's not because they are "biologically-inspired." That has little to do with it.
It boils down to:
- Their theoretical properties.
- Their practical capacity to scale.
Let me explain 👇
Here's a fun little LLM-based project I'm working on:
github.com/apiad/lovelaice
It's a bot that lives in your terminal and knows a bit of Bash, Python, and Linux. It can run commands and create files and maybe wipe out your hard drive if you're not looking.
Take it for a spin?
LLMs cannot reason.
Despite their impressive capabilities, all LLMs, including OpenAI o1, are still fundamentally limited by design constraints that make them incapable of true, open-ended reasoning.
Let's break it down. 🧵 (1/5)
I'm writing a super practical ebook on using LLMs to build all sorts of cool stuff.
Aimed at anyone with a minimum of coding experience, no previous knowledge of AI or NLP required.
If you're interested, DM me and I'll send you a link to a 66% early access discount.
My best friend from college @dvdarias is the technical mastermind behind the first Cuban indie game. I've played some demos, and it's a masterpiece of storytelling, visuals, and gameplay. Super excited to get my hands on the final version. I bet you can't finish it before I do.
Three fates collide. One truth awaits. Saviorless finally breaches the veil on April 2nd, 2024 for Switch, PS5 & Steam. Will you be the Savior, the Hunter, or something else entirely? Wishlist now: saviorless.com #Saviorless #IndieGameDev
Hey folks! I'm writing the book on graph theory and algorithms you didn't know you needed.
The introductory chapter is already online. Check it out!
graphs.apiad.net
What do the World Wide Web, your brain, the corpus of scientific knowledge accumulated by all of humanity, the entire list of people you’ve ever met, and the city you live in have in common?
Yep, open-source is the only way to make AI safe and reliable.
blog.apiad.net/p/mostly-harm…
I've been thinking and experimenting for a while on how to use generative AI to improve my writing productivity, without losing my voice and style.
This is what I've converged to, a decently simple but effective workflow.
open.techwriters.info/techwr…
New domain, same content. Here's a fresh startup article to update you on everything I've written in 2023.
blog.apiad.net/start-here
The second issue of my subscriber-only newsletter on the state of AI is scheduled for next Monday.
Why I think the future of AI is open-source.
If you subscribe before, I'll give you a free 1-month upgrade so you can read all premium content.
open.techwriters.info/apiad/…
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Reductio ad ignoratum, the claim that because we don't know the exact answer to a given question, that answer might just be anything at all.
Don't know what causes those lights? They could be aliens!
Don't know what is consciousness? LLMs could be conscious!
If you flip a coin 20 times, it's extremely unlikely you'll get 20 heads.
If 1 million people flip a coin 20 times, you're pretty certain someone will get 20 heads.
If you only heard about those 1 in a million, you'd think they where vastly more talented than you.
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I've been toying around with @monsterapis for a couple days and made this Telegram bot that will take your audio notes (in almost any language) and transcribe them for you.
Take it for it a spin, and let me know what you think. It's free (for now).
t.me/lovelaice_bot
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A sublime insight of studying discrete math that I try to get my students to arrive at by themselves is the realization that theorems and algorithms are equivalent.
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First baby:
- Honey!!! The baby is crying!!!
- Oh my god, what's going on?!
- Is she going to DIE!!!???
Second baby:
- Honey, is that the baby crying?
- Yeah... I think so.
- Ah ok, then she's alive.
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I've been playing with @monsterapis lately. Here's a sneak peek.
So far, you can upload an audio file and get a transcription, plus a rewrite using Llama2 to improve grammar and spelling.
You will need a MonsterAPI account.
lovelaice.streamlit.app/
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