LLM chatbots are moving fast, but how do we make them better? In my new blog at The Gradient, I argue that an important next step is giving them a sense of "purpose."

My friend Kenneth Li wrote a wonderful piece on the Gradient arguing LLM chatbots lack a 'sense of purpose' in dialogue. He argues that current benchmarks for LLMs fall short and proposes a more interactive, human-in-the loop evaluation procedure. Highly recommend giving it a

Kenneth Li (Kenneth Li) asks: what is missing from LLM chatbots? He argues that it's a sense of purpose in that chatbots aren't being optimized for any particular goal like humans do when we interact with each other. thegradient.pub/dialog/

I spoke with Meredith Ringel Morris about the (non-)distinctions between AI and HCI, her work in disability studies, generative ghosts, and the Levels of AGI paper

I spoke with Evan Ratliff (Evan Ratliff) about what happened when he made an AI voice clone of himself and set it loose, and about the final innings of the Longform Podcast

AI has the potential to transform real-world domains. But can AI actually improve outcomes in live interactions? We conducted the first large-scale intervention of a Human-AI Approach that has statistically significant positive learning gains w/ 900 tutors & 1,800 K12 students.

Just retweeting this article from the The Gradient for no reason today thegradient.pub/ai-scientific-…

I spoke with Jacob Andreas about - “Grounding” questions and language modeling - How he understands world models - His development as a scientist

We’re low on editorial bandwidth, so we’re making a few (hopefully temporary!) changes to our process at The Gradient — I sat down with Hugh Zhang and Andrey Kurenkov to discuss our history and where things stand thegradient.pub/podcasts/some-…

I loved writing and editing articles for The Gradient, but sadly this has become untenable time wise over the last few years... but The Gradient lives on! See this announcement.

I spoke with Philip Goff about how panpsychism helps explain consciousness, hybrid cosmopsychism, and the "post-Galilean" science of consciousness he's recently advocated for

holidays are upon us again and for the third time Nathan Benaich and I did our year of AI in review... we also talked about figuring out how to be an investor when there's no playbook for the job

daniel and i spent 2 hours together yesterday discussing ai over the last year - reasoning, bio, chips, startups, vibe shifts, policy, and ofc wassup Air Street Capital :-) episode dropping soon on The Gradient 💙

during our 2-hour review of AI in 2024 Nathan Benaich and I spent a few minutes being China Guys........ some thoughts on the traditional narratives we have about US/European/Chinese innovation, reflections on an interview with the DeepSeek CEO translated by Jordan Schneider and co

it’s the most wonderful time of the year (yearly AI roundup ft. Nathan Benaich)

for the third year running, daniel bashir and i chat on The Gradient about the ai highlights of 2024 and what’s in store… 2 hour pod link below!

THE @AIRSTREET 2024 YEAR IN REVIEW We began last year’s review with a look back of the preceding 12 months: 2023 was a year of both immense technological acceleration and constant flux. AI truly exploded into the mainstream: industries witnessed the birth of potentially

AGI won’t emerge from piling on modalities. It must be embodied, interactive, and unified –– where perception and action are core, and “modality” is just a side-effect. We need to stop building patchwork solutions and start building minds. New piece in The Gradient: AGI Is Not