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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Graphs
Announcing my upcoming book on graph theory, algorithms, and applications.
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The Science of Computation
An upcoming ebook about all things Computer Science
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Lovelaice, an LLM-powered assistant for hackers without self-regard
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Why reliable AI requires a paradigm shift
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Chat with your PDF
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The Science of Computation
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How to Train your Chatbot
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But what is Artificial Intelligence anyway?
The no-BS introduction to the field of Artificial Intelligence you didn't know you wanted.
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How to Train your Chatbot
Announcing my upcoming practical handbook on using LLMs to build all sorts of cool stuff
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Why reliable AI requires a paradigm shift
Hallucinations are the fundamental barrier for the widespread use of AI, and they won't be solved anytime soon.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Graphs - Update #3
Chapter 1 is free to read online! Plus a draft of a new chapter for insiders.
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Why reliable AI requires a paradigm shift
Hallucinations are the fundamental barrier for the widespread use of AI, and they won't be solved anytime soon.
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Alejandro Piad Morffis
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Why Alignment is the Hardest Problem in AI
And probably the hardest engineering problem we've ever faced.
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The Road to Artificial General Intelligence
A fully open special issue to celebrate the new year.
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But what is Artificial Intelligence anyway?
The no-BS introduction to the field of Artificial Intelligence you didn't know you wanted.
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The Lurker's Labyrinth
Chapter 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Graphs
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Make a Customer Service Bot
Build a simple bot that replies to queries with personalized information from a user profile and general knowledge from a FAQ
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Chat with your PDF
Build a simple streamlit app using LLMs and vector databases to answer arbitrary questions from a PDF document
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The Hardest Problem
The most important theoretical question in Computer Science asks about the existence of truly hard problems, that can't be solved efficiently regardless…
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The Answer to All Questions
How the quest to answer all mathematical questions became the origin story for a new science.
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The Techno-Pragmatist Manifesto
A level-headed response to techno-pessimists and techno-optimists.
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The Three Minds of a Computer Scientist
The Scientist, the Engineer, and the Hacker.
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Everyone can (and should) write online
Yes, you too. And no, this isn't an ad for any new writing course.
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Only people matter
A somewhat sentimental essay on why we do the things we do.
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The Lurker's Labyrinth
Chapter 1 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Graphs
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The Science of Computation - Update #3
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Why Alignment is the Hardest Problem in AI
And probably the hardest engineering problem we've ever faced.
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Alejandro Piad Morffis
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Minds and Machines: Decoding the Enigma of Learning: Part 2
An In-Depth Analysis of Human and Artificial Cognitive Processes
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Graphs - Update #2
The web version is live, plus an extra chapter for insiders!
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Alejandro Piad Morffis
Minds and Machines: Decoding the Enigma of Learning: Part 1
An In-Depth Analysis of Human and Artificial Cognitive Processes
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