Bill Franks, 2024 Articles & Publications

Artificial Intelligence Concerns & Predictions For 2025

12/10/2024

I worry about some aspects of the rapid progress made with AI in 2024. Here are a few of the capabilities I’m most concerned about going into 2025. Here's to hoping that at least some of these concerns will be unfounded!

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Data Science Collaboration In The Age Of AI

11/12/2024

Different types of partners play different roles. I’ll define two types and make a case for which type you should strive to be given today’s AI trends.

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How Artificial Intelligence Adds Value To The Research Process

10/15/2024

An example of AI making daily life easier & enhancing job performance – all while creating small value each time that adds up to massive total value.

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Large Language Model Usage: Assessing The Risks And Ethics

9/10/2024

With LLM usage, even seemingly similar scenarios can have very different risk and ethical profiles. Managing that risk is an ongoing effort that must be done on a prompt by prompt basis.

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Driving Value From LLMs – The Winning Formula

8/13/2024

Combining multiple LLM approaches provides both accurate results and a narrative to put the results in context – all based on a single prompt.

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Your Sensitive Data Is Public Record

7/9/2024

Many companies have told me my sensitive data has been stolen. I now believe that effectively none of our data will remain confidential in the long run.

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Foundational Generative AI Models Are Like Operating Systems

6/11/2024

Foundational generative AI models will play a role very similar to classic operating systems and will effectively serve as commoditized utilities.

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Same AI + Different Deployment Plans = Different Ethics

5/14/2024

People sometimes mistakenly think of a given algorithm as ethical or unethical. As I outline here, you must look at each specific proposed deployment of that algorithm to make the right decision.

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A Paranoid Future Scenario For AI

4/9/2024

Ready for a paranoid view about how AI, deepfakes, censorship, and the metaverse can be combined in a trust-destroying and damaging way? Read on!

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LLMs Are More Than Generative AI

3/12/2024

Read about non-generative uses of LLMs to ensure that you don’t fall into the trap of considering LLMs to be exclusively for generative purposes.

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Is Our Education System Optimizing For The Wrong Outcomes?

2/13/2024

We’re not optimizing for the right outcomes as we move students through today’s educational system. We need to focus on more than grades and test scores.

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AI & Data Science Predictions For 2024

1/9/2024

What’s coming up in the world of AI and data science in 2024? Hopefully my thoughts will either reinforce your own thoughts or spur some new ones.

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