On 2nd February 2024 the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee (HoL) published its report on large language models (LLMs).

That report covered a variety of topics, with attention on two in particular:

  • what the HoL refers to as the ‘Goldilocks problem’ – or
Continue Reading Model behaviour: accountability, copyright, and the House of Lords Report on LLMs – Part 2

While much attention has been paid to the finalisation of the EU’s AI Act in recent weeks, developments in AI continue at a frenetic rate. On 2nd February 2024 the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee (HoL) published its report on large language models (LLMs

Continue Reading Who’s been regulating my AI?: Goldilocks and the House of Lords Report on LLMs and Generative AI

Today’s large language models (LLMs) are amazing, but use one for even a short time and the weaknesses of current LLM approaches start to show. While their ability to write recipes in the style of your favourite band’s lyrics is astonishing, logic and planning remain as area of poorer performance.

Continue Reading Grey area: getting cerebral about AI hardware and software developments

Thought for the day

I’ve been extremely busy of late and finding time to just *think* has been a challenge.

In the rare moments I’ve found time to think, I’ve therefore ended up thinking about thinking – what do I really mean by thinking? why is it important to me

Continue Reading In Two Minds: Towards Artificial General Intelligence and Conscious Machines