Ian Mulvany

March 25, 2024

interesting post on governance

This short post on the AI Act - https://joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/02/2024-brief-overview-on-llm-foundation.html is worth a read. The author Joanna Bryson is brilliant. 

My main takeaways from the post are the following:
  • Framing the GDPR was a huge win for tech companies in the US
  • I softly disagree that these tools cannot be used for scientifically creative work
  • interested in the points that
    • LLMs are not yet swamping the internet
    • Keyword search remains the most useful method of finding things. 
    • LLMs remain largely retrieval

About Ian Mulvany

Hi, I'm Ian - I work on academic publishing systems. You can find out more about me at mulvany.net. I'm always interested in engaging with folk on these topics, if you have made your way here don't hesitate to reach out if there is anything you want to share, discuss, or ask for help with!