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Recent Publications (Page 17)
Jonathan Feinstein: The Context of Creativity
An interview with Jonathan Feinstein, professor at the Yale School of Management and author of Creativity in Large-Scale Contexts: Guiding Creative Engagement and Exploration.
Artificiality Webinar on Generative AI Search
Join us for our monthly research briefing on Tuesday June 11 at 1pm PT. This month's topic is generative AI search.
ChatGPT Will Never Work Like the Demo
ChatGPT Will Never Work Like the Demo, AGI is a Red Herring, The Brittleness of Agentic Reasoning and Planning Using LLMs, Can LLMs Reason and Plan, How to Use Generative AI to Create, and more!
AGI Needs a New Name
The current obsession with AGI, fueled by the hype from companies like OpenAI, is a dangerous distraction we must firmly reject. Don't fall for the red herring argument that we need superintelligent AI to save us from ourselves. It's an insult to human intelligence and agency.
The Brittleness of Agentic Reasoning and Planning Using LLMs
Research suggests that LLMs are not demonstrating genuine reasoning abilities but are instead relying on pattern matching and retrieval based on the provided examples. We're still a ways off reliable performance of LLMs in reasoning and decision-making tasks.
Can LLMs reason and plan?
LLMs are great at coming up with approximate knowledge and ideas for potential plans. But to actually use those ideas, you need to pair the LLM with external programs that can rigorously check the plans for errors. The key is to use them as part of a bigger system.
How to Use Generative AI, Part 6: Create
Create by mixing modes, varying both inputs and outputs, and perspectives. Part 6 in our How to Use Generative AI series.
Agentic AI and the Agentic Web
The Agentic AI Reoport, Graph RAG, Inside Anthropic's Claude, The Agentic Web, Karaitiana Taiuru and Indigenous AI, Weaving with Generative AI, and more!
The Agentic AI (aka AI Agents) Report
Recent developments in AI have given rise to a new class of systems known as agentic AI. These systems are characterized by their ability to perceive, reason, and act with varying levels of complexity, extending human capabilities in unprecedented ways.
The Agentic Web
Artificial intelligence will never understand why I found it important to write this piece today. Why and how I hope I can connect with readers through it. Because only you, my fellow humans, can have similar experiences.
Graph RAG: Querying Enterprise Data with LLMs
Graph RAG doesn't necessarily replace knowledge graphs but can serve as a complementary tool, especially in scenarios where rapid, scalable, and dynamic summarization of large unstructured datasets is required.
What Anthropic Finds by Mapping Claude's Mind
This research from Anthropic on the inner workings of Claude constitutes a major milestone in AI interpretability. It's a first glimpse into the mind of an alien intelligence, one that we've created but are only beginning to understand.