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I came across this article today. https://gizmodo.com/pentagon-investigators-say-overreliance-on-palantir-ai-tech-contributed-to-u-s-strike-that-killed-123-iranian-children-2000814477 Apparently, the (irresponsible) use of AI was partly to blame for the American…
I’d just like to add one last point regarding what I’ve been calling, with no technical pretense, the AI/LLM hazard…
I agree fully with this argument. And then I would add, the exponential growth in AI capabilities means that the…
Liked the interpretationist stance that individual LLM instances have beliefs and desires, essentially because otherwise it is hard to explain…
Well now we know you CANT find arbitrarily close approximations in all cases because there is no true function to…
We’re getting outside my domain of expertise. Like I said, I don’t personally work on fluid dynamics – I work…
Nobody uses the NS equations to find their *real actual solutions* in engineering problems. They use approximations. The math question…
Belly is best-known for their early 90s hit "Feed the Tree," but they also did this fine cover in 1994 of Hendrix's 1967 "Are You Experienced?" song:
Feel free to add links to your favorite Hendrix covers in the comments.
"Little Wing," by Derek & the Dominos is as much a part of the rock 'n' roll canon as Hendrix's own.
I'm less fond of it than of much of the Kronos Quartet's other work, but early on in their career they were into genre-blending, including a cover of "Purple Haze." Here's a live performance from much later than the original release of the studio recording.
Thanks, Gary, for those tips. "Angel" is in Lloyd's pocket. He covers a lot of great tunes. I'm not a fan of Lucinda Williams (nor of Rickie Lee Jones). I wish Lloyd had taken the melody of "Angel" on his own and kept the track instrumental. Saw his quartet with Bobo Stenson in Hollywood a long time ago. Spectacular.
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