It’s already hard to tell what is real and what is not on the internet. From plain, old-fashioned lying by fabricating stories and spreading them on social media, to now the hyper realistic AI photos and videos, the line between real and fake are blurring. Although, you could argue that Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are not reputable sources of information, in which case you would be correct. So, perhaps, instead you decide to go right to the source material. You hop onto

“Look at what you’ve done!” James threw his glass, the thick green smoothie smearing across the wall like vomit. “It’s a bit late for dramatics.” Eve spoke while looking out the window over the crowd of protestors flooding the lawn below them. She didn’t flinch as a rock cracked the glass in front of her face. Had it been 300 years earlier, the crowd would have been equipped with torches and pitchforks rather than cellphones and signs. The security team pushed them back with

Hades The Lord of the Underworld, God of Wealth, one of the most feared and respected gods with the largest domain, could not bear to look at the goddess beside him. Even without looking at her, he could feel how she receded into herself. He could see it in the stiffness of her muscles and the set of her jaw. She was building walls around her mind designed to keep him out. He could not bear to look at what was such a warm and open face. He could not expect her trust ever agai

Recently, I have been feeling called to the beauty in the traditions of my hispanic ancestors, but it is a mixed feeling. I grew up as what is commonly referred to as a ‘No Sabo’ kid, which means I did not grow up speaking spanish and without a throughline of hispanic traditions in the household. Trying to embrace it now, I feel like a fake. I am desperately trying to learn Spanish via app and read about traditions, but being 26, I feel like I am too late. It is embarrassing

" I can discover something in the universe but if I didn't do it someone else after me will discover that exact same thing. Whereas in the arts, what you create, no one who is ever born before you or will be born from your death onwards, will ever compose exactly the same thing you did." - Neil deGrasse Tyson As a scientist, I get passionate about the act of research and new discoveries. There’s something incredibly wondrous about peeling back the secrets of the universe an

It’s interesting that large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have been revered as quintessential AI models, when they are more dissimilar from human learning than other kinds of algorithms. Using contextual information from word parts, known as tokens, the LLMs act as a huge lookup model. It feels more reminiscent of a google search, but instead of returning web articles, it spits out information directly to the user. When it comes to completing physical goals and tasks

Warning: this short story contains themes of violence and physical abuse. While in a fantasy setting these are strong themes. Please take care of yourself and be careful before proceeding. He mustn’t know. Ever. Evereverever. My heart raced in pace with my feet as I stormed down the hall, my nightgown billowing behind me. My lips still tingled where they had met Darius’. We had been so close, breaths mingling, that all of my sense had rushed out of my body. Lucien would kill

Magic doesn’t exist,” Derrick snorted. His arms were crossed against his chest, braced against the chill in the night air. He leaned his shoulders back against the grimy brick wall of the nightclub. The music from inside pulsed like a heartbeat. People stumbled outside behind them, laughing and whooping. Serena withdrew the cigarette from her mouth and tilted her face up to blow the smoke in Derrick’s face. He waved his hand in front of his nose, attempting to dispel the thic

Reinforcement learning is one of the subcategories of machine learning that you might be most familiar with. It is exactly how it sounds: an agent (being the computer) learns how to interact with an environment by picking actions that result in rewards, a.k.a reinforcements. The main goal of the agent is to receive the highest possible total reward. The agent doesn’t know what the best behavior is, so it learns through trial and error. Does this sound familiar? Maybe the wor

She felt herself settle as soon as her toes dug into the sand warmed by the afternoon sun. The wind gently rustled the palm trees far above her head. She inhaled the balmy ocean air, strands of hair blowing across her back. The board hung heavy under her arm. There were no clouds in the cerulean sky, just the sun and the white spots of seagulls. The seagulls flew in formation, searching for fish lying just under the surface of the ocean. The waves were tame today, gently curl

The moon was nearly full as she ran barefoot through the forest. The slap of her feet against the forest floor rose to match her thrumming heartbeat. There was no one chasing her but she had to get away, away, away. But to where? Anywhere else but here was fine with her. Even with the moonlight, it was hard to see a few feet in front of her. The dense foliage of the surrounding trees blanketed her in oppressive darkness. She was vaguely aware of the coolness of the grass bene

The intrigue and mystery around AI continues to grow with the advancements of AI chatbots. However, as people use AI more frequently, there have been instances of weird and incorrect responses. Others have found different models parroting each other like echoes in a cave. In a continued effort to demystify AI for the common and curious user, I present and discuss two issues currently being observed: hallucinations and the AI hivemind. It’s imperative to remember that artifici

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