Alan TanThe intuition of LLM’s seeming ability to reasonThis is a follow-up essay on one of my previous articles:Apr 291Apr 291
Alan TanAI will replace programmers faster than lawyers and doctorsIt sounds crazy and counter-intuitive? Aren’t programmers the ones who wrote those AI systems? Yes, BUT…Jan 30Jan 30
Alan TaninThe StartupWill UBI Save Us When AI Takes All the Jobs?Universal Basic Income is gaining support from many, including high-tech execs. With its known flaws, will UBI be a potential solution to…Dec 26, 202013Dec 26, 202013
Alan TaninTowards Data ScienceSingularity may not require AGI“Singularity”, the point where AI can improve itself faster than humans can, had been a topic since the 60s. I.J. Good speculated in 1965…Oct 13, 20204Oct 13, 20204
Alan TaninDataDrivenInvestorThe Power of Being ConvincibleGreat leaders, like everyone else, aren’t always right, what sets them apart though, is that they recognize and make conscious efforts to…Aug 14, 2020Aug 14, 2020
Alan TaninTowards Data ScienceA Chinese Speaker’s take on the Chinese RoomAI philosophy essay refining Chinese Room thought-experiment — one who communicates intelligently shall not understand a thing they write…Jul 5, 20193Jul 5, 20193
Alan TaninDataDrivenInvestorWhat did IBM Watson do wrong in Business AI StrategyLast month, IBM pared down its Waston drug discovery effort, about 10 months after it scaled back its Watson hospital business.Jun 1, 20197Jun 1, 20197
Alan TaninDataDrivenInvestorPan-intelligence Coexistence — who are intelligent(2/3)This is the second of a 3-part mini-series discussing cross-intelligent-species value.Apr 2, 2019Apr 2, 2019
Alan TaninDataDrivenInvestorIs stereoscopic 3D vision what Deep Learning needs to generalize modeling of the realityAs Deep Learning, particularly CNN in image processing gaining its success and fame, it also garnered some serious concerns and criticism…Mar 20, 20191Mar 20, 20191
Alan TaninDesign and Tech.CoWhile we externalize our intellect to create AI, it is also changing our idea of human intellectWe are getting into somewhat philosophical discussion, so, we may need to clarify a minimum agreeable idea of “what are intellect and…Feb 24, 2019Feb 24, 2019