Could #AI interpreters let us talk (and listen) to animals? More importantly, would we like what we hear? Also this week: Why economists think robots cause crime. robots4therestofus.substack.com/p/talking-to...

An "#AI in 2025" moment: My pdf app has a #LLM "copilot" that can summarize a document and suggest questions about it. But it can't tell me how many words are in it.

Switched to Deepthink (which shows its reasoning before answering). Asked about prospects for multiparty state in China some day. I watched the model work ("I must make sure I am not biased") then start an answer. Then poof! Hundreds of words were replaced by this.

Switched to Deepthink R1 (version that shows you its reasoning before answering). Asked about the prospects for a multiparty state in China. I watched the model reason ("I must make sure I am not biased") & it began a multi-point answer. Then poof!, it vanished, replaced by this.

Well, @deepseek.bsky.social is an impressive LLM. But let's not forget that compared to other #AI, it has certain unusual limitations.

Can the person who stepped on the butterfly back in the Cretaceous please come forward so we can shoot you? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sound...