LLM Wars
ChatGPT says it’s a glitch. Gemini insists it’s a feature. Both can’t be right… can they? A funny firsthand story about Excel, hallucinating AIs, and the battle for truth in the age of LLMs.
Computers
Of computers and gadgets — why your screen goes blank, what kind of hosting you should get, how to get started on blogging etc.
Math for Life
At the end of a long teaching term, I found myself reflecting on the beauty of mathematics — not just as a tool for solving problems, but as the very framework of knowledge and reality itself. Is it too much for my young padawans?
On Large Language Models
Large Language Models (LLMs) challenge the traditional hierarchy of Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom by showing how intelligence can emerge from granulation rather than distillation, offering a new perspective on how AI operates.
Analytics SME
It has been a couple of weeks since I posted anything on Unreal Blog. This short hiatus in my posting
How to Start an Internet Business
Starting a business online is easier than you think. Succeeding in one is another story, of course. First of all,
MySQL on Mac OSX Yosemite
If you use XAMPP for dev work on your Mac at home, and updated your OS to Yosemite, you may
Robotic Takeover
Years ago, I read this fictional story by Marshall Brain called Manna. It talked about the robotic takeover of a
High Performance Blogs and Websites
Do you have a website or a blog and feel that it is getting bogged down with heavy traffic? First of all, congratulations — it is one of those problems that webmasters and bloggers would love to have. But how would you solve it? Here is one tip.
Topical, Computers, Philosophy
Man as Chinese Room
Wrapping up this series on the so-called strong artificial intelligence with a closer look at Prof. Searle’s arguments.
Topical, Computers, Philosophy
Minds as Machine Intelligence
Is Turing Test enough of a test to detect consciousness in machines? Prof. Searle proves that it is not. I beg to differ.
Philosophy, Topical, Computers
Problem of Other Minds
How do you know other people have minds as you do? It is an unsolved problem in philosophy – the Problem of Other Minds. Before asking the question whether computers could have minds, we have to address this problem. Otherwise, how would we know even if computers actually had minds?
Topical, Computers, Philosophy
Brains and Computers
Could our brains be computer hardware and minds be software running on them? Could computers have consciousness and intelligence? Could they have minds? If they had minds, how would we know?