Human in the Loop

Jun. 7th, 2025 10:27 am
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I've been thinking about AI a lot this week, in particular this hilarious take on OpenAI's approach to AI development, "If OpenAI Made Black Holes" and the AI 2027 scenario (including this very good video summary).

Still trying to make more of AI coding tools in my job. Those can be a real boost to productivity. These models aren't the best software engineers, a bit stumble-y, but they're very, very versatile, and they can write fast. It's impressive, and unsettling. As Cory Doctorow notes, It's not about whether AI can do your job per se.

Work's been chaotic, I'm moving on to fifth manager since 2022 since ours is changing teams. This was my first time reporting to someone less senior than myself in terms of span on company, team, and career, but two of my previous three managers have been less senior in some of those metrics. I'm a little fish in a big pond, struggling, even thinking this means I'm not cut out for it.

I've started playing Patrick's Parabox a mind-bending block-pushing puzzle game. Great so far. Reminds me of Baba is You, in that it's a block-pushing puzzle game with a twist: In Baba is You the rules of the game are also blocks, in Patrick's Parabox the rooms of the puzzle are blocks.

Almost Almost Summer

May. 31st, 2025 10:01 am
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I keep failing to write. Today I feel very tired.

Last weekend was a bit of a quiet weekend, but we went to a colleague's house for a friends and family get-together.

There are a lot of school spring events. The spring concert was Thursday morning, and Erica was excited about field day on Friday.

Erica's friend George had a bit of a birthday get-together on Wednesday and is having a bigger party at Assembly Square Legoland today.

National news continues to be a complete scramble, but in local news, the MBTA (with the help of federal law enforcement) is cleaning house after several employees were involved in a time-card-fraud scam that involved faking Red Line track inspections.
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