PinnedMatthew McKeeverAI welfare and our factory farming futureOriginally written about the TV show Westworld, I think this essay presents a plausible future scenario of disturbing AI-human relations16 min read·Feb 22, 2018----
PinnedMatthew McKeeverAI Doom and the nature of predictionCan it ever be reasonable to predict that superintelligent AI will kill us all?10 min read·May 27, 2023----
PinnedMatthew McKeeverDon’t talk to people like yourselfI present an argument for listening to diverse viewpoints based on some ideas in the philosophy of language on the nature of conversation.10 min read·Aug 1, 2021----
PinnedMatthew McKeeverinOSINT TEAM“Scum”, “Clown”, “Hitler”: Russian media on ZelenskyI use a deep learning method to shed new light on Russian anti-Zelensky propaganda.10 min read·Dec 22, 2022----
Matthew McKeeverBetter living through chemistry? A choose-your-own-conclusion non-fictionThe availability of psychoactive drugs varies with time and place. Can we explain why, or predict how this will change in the future?21 min read·Oct 30, 2023--1--1
Matthew McKeeverWhat China’s ‘interim measures’ can teach us about the future of AIMuch work is being done to make law for language models. I look at what recent Chinese proposals suggest about the future of AI.9 min read·Jul 15, 2023--1--1
Matthew McKeeverA searchable, bilingual archive of news about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plantThe title really says it all1 min read·Jul 5, 2023----
Matthew McKeeverLinguistic Hegemony and Large Language ModelsLanguage models do best in English and Chinese. Why, and what follows?10 min read·Jul 4, 2023----
Matthew McKeeverCan LLMs help with OSINT or dis|misinformation research?Many think LLMs like ChatGPT will be bad for our informational environment. Playing with the gpt4 api, I offer a more positive take.12 min read·Jun 5, 2023----
Matthew McKeeverMore from Ireland’s extremist fringesI look at a couple of protest events that recently happened in Ireland, tracing their connections with communities outside the island.8 min read·May 21, 2023----