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Links are posted monthly in chronological order and include any articles, papers, or essays that I find pertinent to my current research and writing.


  • Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task

    • The study investigates the neural underpinnings of creative writing across different participant groups: “Brain-only” (unassisted), “llm” (Large Language Model-assisted), and “Search Engine” (search engine-assisted). A primary focus is on Delta band connectivity, which consistently shows the most significant disparities between groups. The Brain-only group demonstrates significantly higher and more widespread Delta band activity, indicating greater engagement of deep, slow integrative brain processes, multisensory integration, and internally-driven thought during unassisted writing. Conversely, llm and Search Engine groups exhibit more externally anchored or intermittently guided cognitive engagement, with notably weaker delta interactions.
    • N-gram analysis complements these neurological findings, revealing distinct linguistic patterns across groups for different topics. The “Brain-only” group tends to use n-grams reflecting internal thought processes and prosocial framing, while llm and Search Engine groups show patterns indicative of external sourcing or more direct task-oriented language. The study also tracks changes in brain connectivity patterns across sessions, noting a general trend of increasing connectivity in later sessions for both Brain-only and llm groups, suggesting adaptation to the task

  • Ultrafast coherent dynamics of microring modulators

    • Next-generation computing clusters require ultra-high-bandwidth optical interconnects to support large-scale artificial-intelligence applications. These electronic–photonic co-integrated systems necessitate densely integrated high-speed electro-optical converters. In this context, microring modulators (mrms) emerge as a promising solution, prized for their exceptional compactness and energy efficiency.

  • Hitchhiker’s Guide to rag: From Tiny Files to Tolstoy with OpenAI’s api and LangChain

    • Scaling a simple rag pipeline from simple notes to full books

  • goose

    • an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions—install, execute, edit, and test with any llm

  • If--

    • Kipling’s poem “If—” is essentially a father’s advice to his son (and, by extension, to any young person) on how to live a balanced, honorable life. Written in 1895 and later included in his 1910 collection Rewards and Fairies, it lays out a series of “if” scenarios—tests of character—and promises the ultimate reward (“you’ll be a Man, my son!”) if you can meet them all.

  • bitchat-android

    • bluetooth mesh chat, irc vibes

  • Potemkin Understanding in Large Language Models

    • Success on benchmarks only demonstrates potemkin understanding: the illusion of understanding driven by answers irreconcilable with how any human would interpret a concept.

  • The Best Tacit Knowledge Videos on Every Subject

Much of my time this month has been spent on researching tools that support the development of this site and implementing visual and basic quality-of-life features to establish a solid foundation for the future.

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