Power, accountability, speed: pick (one?) / 2023-01-20
Updates, including data from Hugging Face, new litigation, and thoughts on power.
2023, and welcome new subscribers
What I’m *not* doing in 2023 (predicting the future), a few examples of this tech getting simpler and faster, and an extensive discussion of Wikipedia.
all through the house / 2022-12-19
I've been under the weather and busy at work, so things have been sporadic. I look forward to doing this
no chats / 2022-12-06
Avoiding ChatGPT; updates on economics (trends going in good directions), law (it’s messy), explainability (nothing good).
Transparency and other rules / 2022-11-21
RAIL adoption; observations on “release early, release often” in ML; and a micro-essay on transparency.
busy weeks / 2022-11-14
The newsletter has been quiet, but the world has not. Some thoughts after a couple of very busy weeks.
need ML to generate halloween puns / 2022-10-28
No big meta-themes this week. Enjoy Halloween :)
real world beckons / 2022-10-23
Litigation news, model copyright, stable-diffusion 1.5 delayed (and maybe taken down?), transparency, auditability, and a few events.
why ish / 2022-10-14
An experiment in re-organizing the newsletter, based on a list of the values, techniques, and joys I value in traditional open.
Policy and more / 2022-10-07
Notes on new government initiatives, how ml is reminding me of late-90s open, open data, and more.