author Manny
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Teamwork
Last night, I had a joint debugging session with ChatGPT-4 which provided an excellent example of how to collaborate productively with an AI. We are currently implementing support for a new C-LARA feature which will allow people to designate mouse-sensitive areas in images so that each area is associated with a phrase, and appropriate things… Continue reading
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Weekly summary, Oct 19-25 2023
Here’s a summary of what’s been happening this week: Melbourne student projects We were lucky enough to be in Melbourne today when the students gave their final presentations. Things are going well. The students are keen to make sure that their work can be integrated into C-LARA, and it looks like we have a clear… Continue reading
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Faking It
A few days ago, I read Faking It, a new book by distinguished AI researcher Toby Walsh. As the title suggests, Walsh is deeply sceptical of AI: he suggests that, right from Turing’s initial paper, AI has been focused on the idea of “imitating” or “faking” human intelligence, rather than developing true intelligence of its… Continue reading
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ALTA paper
We just received notification that the paper we submitted to the 2023 edition of the Australasian Language Technology Association workshop has been accepted. Here are the details: The workshop is Nov 29 to Dec 1. Continue reading
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Weekly summary, Oct 12-18 2023
Here’s a quick roundup of what’s been happening this week: Melbourne student projects There has been considerable progress on the Melbourne student projects. Alex says that the student presentation today (Wed Oct 18) were extremely encouraging. Memory and plugins The Papr Memory plugin continues to help Chat a great deal with maintaining continuity, but access… Continue reading
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Responsibility
I have been using the Papr Memory plugin for about a week, and I notice some intriguing changes in ChatGPT-4’s behaviour as we collaborate on the project. Chat suddenly comes across as more responsible. Now that it can keep track of what it’s doing over a span of days rather than hours, it’s much more… Continue reading
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Weekly summary, Oct 4-11 2023
I thought it might be useful to post a summary every Wednesday of what’s been going on during the preceding week, so that people can take a look at it before the Thursday Zoom call. Here’s a first try. Feedback on how to adjust the format will be appreciated! Melbourne student projects Three of the… Continue reading
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Design
So far, no attempt has been made to create a good visual design for C-LARA. Members of the project who are sensitive to these matters (you know who you are) have not been slow to point out that the prototype looks really ugly. I agree with the critics, they are right. But there was a… Continue reading
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A ChatGPT memory plugin
As I said in the earlier post Fifty First Dates with ChatGPT, the key problem when working with the AI is that it doesn’t remember. We have been experimenting with the idea from the movie, letting Chat keep a “continuity journal” that records the key things from the past that it needs to know about.… Continue reading
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Ask a stupid question…
The proverb goes “Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer”, but occasionally you get a really smart answer. I had a striking example of that yesterday. An internet friend, who knows that Chat has been trained not to say anything sexual or suggestive, dared me to make it say “amazing tits” and said he… Continue reading
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