Ron Diamond

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[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

#AI #LLM #Chatbots #PromptEngineering
🚧 “No amount of prompt engineering will assure the behavior you want, consistently and reliably.“
🛠 “Think of system prompts less like rules for the LLM, and more like … suggestions.“

Here's why:
https://t.co/alfPBrPBDt

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

The “A.I. Flood”: An Abundance Beyond Review
Could A.I. be producing TOO MUCH of a good thing?
https://t.co/ViNBV715gF

#AI #AICoding #AIFlood #AISlop #ProductivityTrap
#UnintendedConsequences

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

Agentic workflows handling stuff for you? Cool!

But it's not a new idea — not by a long-shot.
Here's a classic, though long-forgotten story that foretells the future by nearly 50 years.

"Thank you, Beep!", from Hewlett-Packard Magazine(!), in 1979. 🤯

https://t.co/pXCv7t98Xp

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👆@NASA @NASAArtemis

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

Go, #ArtemisII ! 🌍🚀🌙
Though "astro-speak" is a bit of a foreign language. 🤔
So here's my own handy Glossary of #NASA acronyms & terminology:
https://t.co/FpMpdIc5CL
Enjoy!
🧑‍🚀

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

Full Medium article:
https://t.co/VK9OllD4Th

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

1/
Does your LLM chatbot feel like it's "click-baiting" you? 🤔

> "If you want, I can also explain the 5 most important ideas from ..."
> "If you’re interested, I can also show you the ..."
> "If useful, I can also outline three more reasons ..."

🧵

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3/
It worked!
Feels like removing banner clutter from a web page -- I can breathe now.
Recommended.

#LLM #AI #ClickBait
#BusyChatbot #CalmChatbot

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“Overlooked” - NYT’s new series of amazing stories about forgotten women in history:
https://t.co/jkRFtH6bMn

🙏🏻

#HenriettaLacks
#IdaBWells
#QuiJin
#MaryEwingOuterbridge
… and more

[Knowledge & History @xKnowledgeBANK]

In 1983, Steve Jobs predicted the next 50 years of technology.

His predictions:
• iPhone
• Internet
• Softwares
• App stores
• Artificial Intelligence

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

"Working with Anderson Cooper" (1994)
One of Anderson's early TV reporting assignments ... and the beginnings of his journey toward healing.

https://t.co/3Vn7sEogJo

#AndersonCooper #ChannelOne #ChannelOneNews #Rwanda
#Trauma #Healing

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

Since 1980, the #USDietaryGuidelines have made millions of people sick. It’s time to change them to reflect #goodscience .

More info:
https://t.co/pTFD4TM0XT

Please RT to help spread the word!

@HHS @USDA_FNS @HHS_ASH @SecRollins @SecKennedy @calleymeans @bigfatsurprise

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🎼 “It was ‘Pet Sounds’ that blew me out of the water,” Paul McCartney once said. “I figure no one is educated musically ’til they’ve heard that album.”

#BrianWilson was one of the great musical geniuses of the twentieth century. 🎵

Thank you, Brian, for all you’ve given us. 🎶

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

@robertlufkinmd And correlation is not causation:
https://t.co/1eM5BR1Vm4

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

➡️ “Seed oils [e.g., canola, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, soybean] weren’t originally considered fit for human consumption; they were largely developed as machine lubricants during the Industrial Revolution.” …
#CardiovascularDisease #Cholesterol #Cancer

https://t.co/LJHSPQ8OE3

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

"Git Demystified" - How Git works (workflow & internals)
One hour to truly "grokking" Git.
A talk I gave at USC back in 2014.

https://t.co/ernM7ySI8D
#git #svn #versioncontrol

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👉 "Democrats Are Awful At Messaging" 👈
Can they do better this time around? They need to.

A tough-love primer on communications strategy -- if the party of JFK and FDR wants to prevail this fall:
https://t.co/QNCWsxBZE7

#Branding #BrandStrategy #DemocraticParty #Election2024

[Ron Diamond @ron_diamond]

Wow. #CoryDoctorow does it again.
"... Google’s enshittified search-results are a choice. ... Google makes more money out of shit than they would out of delivering a good product."
#Enshittification

https://t.co/Zyz4u2QS9q

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“Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. …”

https://t.co/QKxNo7Urmc

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On this date in 1937, the United States Navy finally gave up the search for Amelia Earhart.

"Amelia Earhart meets Occam’s Razor:
Is there a way to narrow down what happened to her?"
https://t.co/RWziLdVz1s

#AmeliaEarhart #Aviation #AviationHistory #OccamsRazor #CriticalThinking