Armchair climatology: Wellington

Most of us acknowledge that catastrophic global warming is one of the most significant existential issues ever to face our species. But we tend to talk about it in the abstract, basing our information on international research, which seems distant from our home in New Zealand. The good old Kiwi “she’ll be right” can kick…

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AI performs better than expected

Skepticism mollified – for specific tasks If you’ve talked to me about AI recently, you’ll know that I’m a bit of a skeptic when it comes to AI being a panacea for the world’s problems. What between hallucinations about academic articles, many inherent biases, lack of training on obscure subjects, stuff that’s just plain wrong,…

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