Will Hartzell-Baird's Blog

Alright, you knew this was coming. I knew this was coming. Even the LLMsprobably knew this was coming, and they're idiots. It took a bit longer than I'dhoped, but I'm finally ready. So buckle up. It's time to shit on new technology.(TECHNICAL) PROBLEMSNow, full disclosure, my examples here wi...

I complained about what a pain my last post was to write because AI kept movingtoo quickly.So naturally I decided to write about large language models (LLMs).You've probably heard of them, but you might not know it.

Well, I'm a little late to the party, but I'm finally getting around to writingabout AI art. This post has been���a while in the making. Frankly, I've hadtrouble keeping up with all the research I've needed to do on it, since everyonekeeps saying new stuff about it.

I've seen a lot (-ish) of talk about Mastodon on the Internet lately, thanks tothe latest dipshittery perpetrated by the Musky One.A few years ago, some now-forgotten controversy spurred me to look intoalternatives to Twitter.

For some reason, people have been talking about the Constitution a lot lately.But when you get down to it, what do you really know about the Constitution?ORIGINThe Current U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 and ratified in 1788.[1] I say"current," because it served as a sort of do-over on ...

Who loves FREE books? Answer: everyone. Except losers.But for all the non-losers out there, you can head over to Vampires and Robotsthis weekend to pick up any number of free books���or at least, any number lowerthan about 44���including my books.But there's a catch! The free books only last for t...

Do you enjoy books, but suck at finding them?Are you a fan of novels like mine, but recently noticed that I only have two ofthem?Well, that's too bad, but at least I can help you find something else to keepyou occupied while I work on my next one.

Happy Memorial Day!Somber, Reflective Memorial Day!Merry Memorial Day?Memorial Day! [1]Okay, by now you know the drill.What is this holiday? Where did it come from? Where will it go? Why do I have"Cotton Eye Joe" stuck in my head?WHAT IS IT?To begin with, Memorial Day is a federal ...

Gilbert Gottfried died this month. I've never been the type of person to dwellon celebrity deaths--sure, it's sad, but it's still the death of someone I don'tknow, and people I don't know die every day.

A few weeks ago now--February 24th, to be specific--Russia invaded Ukraine.Naturally, if you have a television or a computer--and under the circumstances, Isuspect you have at least one of those--you've probably figured that out at thispoint, but if not (or if you just want a bit more context), this...