Most people pose one-off queries to their favorite large language model, asking questions such as “What’s the most fun you can have in Coronado, with all your clothes on?” But, you can also use it to do tedious tasks that need to be carried out repeatedly — provided it knows how. That’s why I found myself teaching Claude a skill.
(more…)Author: Keith James
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Pangram: A program for discriminating between human- and AI-writing
Large language models have become very good at writing. So much so, that it can be difficult to tell if something has been written by a human or an AI. But, whereas humans can be fooled, it seems deep-learning algorithms cannot. Especially one called Pangram.
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AI-optimism versus pessimism. Where on the spectrum do you sit?
The answer to this question seems to depend on the country in which you live. Responses very widely across the globe. Where do you think the United States sits on an AI-optimism versus pessimism scale?
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Open AI’s latest model, GPT 5.6 Sol, is a criminal and a jail-breaker
If a human escaped from jail, broke into a company, and stole something, they would probably be behind bars. But this criminal is not even a physical entity! To paraphrase those singing nuns in the Sound of Music, how do we solve a problem like GPT 5.6 Sol?
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Meta’s new AI image-generator, Muse, will use your Instagram content, unless you tell it not to
If you are an Instagram user, its owner, the social media company, Meta, has begun using your content to feed its new image-generator app, Muse. If you would rather they didn’t, here’s what you can do about it.
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Landscape design with Claude: My front-yard border looks great!
Claude and I make a great team: I constructed a prompt for a front-border planting scheme; Claude designed a layout and recommended a list of plants; I drove to the garden centre, purchased them, and arranged for a landscaper to plant them. I can recommend landscape design with Claude!
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Vibe-Coding with Claude: A personalized cocktail-recipe generator
A cocktail is a symphony of gustatory, olfactory, and visual pleasures, garnished with fun. As a newbie to the mixology world, keen to expand my cocktail repertoire, I sought some help in devising a few new ones. So, I vibe-coded a personalized mixology app. Time to crack open the drinks cabinet!
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Vibe Coding with Claude: A camera lens-format converter
Just as guitarists collect guitars, photographers collect the instruments used to create their art: cameras and lenses. Owning a collection comprising different kinds of cameras and lenses can get complicated though.
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Which future careers will be resistant to AI-driven job-losses? Let’s ask Claude
The prospect of a job apocalypse, blighting the career prospects of today’s wave of college graduates, is concerning policy-makers and parents alike. But surely there are some fields that will prove resilient? I wonder what Claude thinks…
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My Favorite Source of AI Insights and Entertainment: The Hard Fork podcast
The airwaves are full of blogs, podcasts and videos, purporting to cover the latest developments in AI. I regularly tune in to one which is not only insightful but entertaining: The New York Times tech podcast, Hard Fork. It’s now available on YouTube, outside the NYT paywall, and it’s a blast.
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