LLMs Learn Better by Analogies and Metaphors
Exploring how analogies and metaphors enhance the learning process of Large Language Models.| Seuros Blog
There’s a modern analogy coming here, but first some history… When we were in Crete recently we visited the ancient site of Knossos. Dating back to around 1850BC it is a Minoan palace, which was largely excavated by Arthur Evans at the start of the 20th century. Evans, in typical Victorian imperialist mode, simply bought the site so he could oversee the dig. To give credit to Evans, he pursued the dig in a time of upheaval and was successful in unearthing many valuable finds, including th...| The Ed Techie
A hay(na)ku series Wisdomroots deepenin common earthTruthtrunk bearsbrunt of stormsMemoryrings containechoes of agesPotentialbranches bloomwith unopened futuresOpennessleaves spreadcatching all refractions W3 poetry prompt This week’s W3 is hosted by the wonderful Michelle Navajas. She encourages us to write a love-themed series of five hay(na)ku. My hay(na)ku series is about different kinds of love, each standing on… Continue reading The fullness, or: Being→| The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱
Welcome back readers. Apologies for my absense last week. I caught a nasty strain of flu, and I think having it right after a bout of COVID made it a nastier experience still. Owing to that, this week’s issue is extra-long–29 picks,...| Critical Distance
Exploring how analogies and metaphors enhance the learning process of Large Language Models.| Seuros Blog
I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Burkhard Bilger....| Publication Coach
prized and fragrantrose blooms stand proudin manufactured rowspreened and wateredto mirrored perfection,in starring rolesenvy of the showthe bee lands carefullywatch out for thorns that scratch…low…| Brazanne Muse
Redefining Stammering, Sam Simpson| Redefining Stammering
Intro Dear friends, Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish. You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tld…| The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱
Karel van der Toorn— In the early days of the Trump II administration, it became a popular game in newspapers and on talk shows: ranking the members of the president’s... READ MORE| Yale University Press
For my upcoming keynote at the Education after the algorithm: Co-designing critical and creative futures symposium in Dublin, I am exploring metaphors relating to ecosystems and AI. I’ll blog the whole talk after the event, but one of those metaphors I am using is the introduction of the European rabbit to Australia.| The Ed Techie
Just as virtually any book about the Buddha and his teachings tells us that he was a prince (the first myth I tackled), we’re also told that he renounced his kingdom because he saw “four sights.” This is the myth I want to tackle here. The story of the four sights The traditional story goes...| Wildmind
For those of you that write code, what term do you prefer? Programmer? Engineer? Developer? Something else? Dharmesh Shah asked this question Twitter yesterday, and I did a quick compilation...| Beth Andres-Beck
Metaphor has a pernicious effect. It encourages people to take anecdotes as proof, effective rhetoric as useful advice and to accept only ideas which fit their preconceptions. Metaphors are better...| Beth Andres-Beck
When plugins to add OG tags failed us, we decided to roll our own! This post demystifies open graph tags (which are just HTML meta elements, after all) and shows how we handle them.| Space Ninja
