By Sam “Foghorn” Cleghorn SAN FRANCISCO — In a tragic case of technological irony, a fleet of Waymo’s self-driving cars was paralyzed last week — not by hackers, but by their own inability to handle too much input. Sources say the cars were “overwhelmed by requests,” which is Silicon Valley speak for “they panicked like […]
An Exclusive Interview with Harvard’s Leading Expert on Everything CAMBRIDGE, MA – In a shocking display of intellectual bandwidth (and smooth spreadability), I recently sat down with the esteemed Dr. Percival Thaddeus Blart, Harvard’s self-proclaimed Professor of Everything. We discussed AI prompt engineering, peanut butter sandwiches, and, eventually, nuclear diplomacy. Things escalated faster than jelly […]
By Sam “Foghorn” Cleghorn AI etiquette is costing AI money and energy. Look, I was raised right. Say please, say thank you. Don’t elbow your Uncle at the buffet. Lately, I’ve noticed that I’m tossing pleasantries at my AI like it’s my grandmother and not an LLM trained on 700 billion Reddit threads and an […]
By Sam Foghorn Cleghorn In a press event best described as a TED Talk meets a late-night infomercial, Elon Musk, wearing trademark dark sunglasses, stood triumphantly before a glowing screen that simply read “Grok 3: Smarter. Bolder. More Musk.” “Grok 3 is the most advanced AI in history,” Musk declared, pausing for dramatic effect. “It […]