The year has started with a lot of AI news, and Alex tries to make sense of what’s happening and to look at what might come next.
Links:
- Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world
https://news.mit.edu/2024/generative-ai-lacks-coherent-world-understanding-1105 - The “First AI Software Engineer” Is Bungling the Vast Majority of Tasks It’s Asked to Do https://futurism.com/first-ai-software-engineer-devin-bungling-tasks
- China’s DeepSeek just dropped a free challenger to OpenAI’s o1 – here’s how to use it on your PC
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/26/deepseek_r1_ai_cot/ - Breaking down the DeepSeek-R1 training process—no PhD required https://www.vellum.ai/blog/the-training-of-deepseek-r1-and-ways-to-use-it
- DeepSeek is a Game Changer for AI – Computerphile https://youtu.be/gY4Z-9QlZ64
