Fiction. The understudy is the person paid to stay ready. Every night a system settles millions of payments in seconds. Four times a year one person does the same work by hand, on paper, against the clock, so that the ability to do it still exists somewhere in the building.
Tokens and the Context Window: Out of the Window, Out of Mind
Part two of ten. Most of the surprises people hit with AI at work trace back to this one chapter. A model reads in tokens, holds only so many at once, and charges for each one. 1. What is a token? A token is the unit of text a model…
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AI Basics: The Four Circles, and Four More Questions
Part one of ten. Most AI interview questions start here, even for senior roles. Someone asks you to explain a large language model in plain words, and your answer tells them more than your resume does. 1. What is the difference between AI, machine learning, deep learning and generative AI?…
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The Fog After a Layoff: Rules for the First 30 Days
The fog after a layoff shows up before the grief does. You can’t read, you can’t decide, and you can’t find the words to tell the people you love. It isn’t weakness, and it lifts. These are small rules for the first 30 days, and the signs that it’s time to talk to someone.
100 AI Interview Questions and Answers for Data Professionals
My new book is out. It holds the 100 AI interview questions data interviewers ask now, with answers short enough to say out loud. Six of those questions are in this post, free.
Everyone Expected AI to Come From the Big Companies
Everyone expected AI to come from the big companies. The research did come from their labs, but the products did not, and the reason is not talent or budget.
Tech Conferences Are Worth It. The Sessions Are Not.
Tech conferences are worth every hour I have given them, but the sessions are not. So here is the program for a conference that does not exist.