I attended a local AI conference in Taipei. Conferences are always a great opportunity for academic exchange and catching up with friends. As an outsider, my goal was to make new connections, and thankfully, a colleague graciously introduced me to some of their acquaintances. I’m noticing some interesting differences in engineering social norms here, with…
I’ve spent some time teaching and even training large language models. The question of whether LLMs can actually reason still comes up often. My answer remains essentially the same: no — but with a grain of salt. A couple of years ago, my stance was straightforward. LLMs are fundamentally massive probabilistic models, designed to predict…
In my last post, I mentioned how much I enjoy using the iPad Pro. That said, deep down I’ve still been searching for a truly lightweight laptop. The MacBook Air remains one of my all-time favorites, but over the years it has gotten heavier. With my schedule—constantly driving my kids to different activities—I’ve been wanting…
I originally intended to use this space to share technical thoughts on AI, but I’ll ease in with something lighter—my reading routine while traveling. Lately, I’ve been on the road quite a bit, often crossing continents. For years, I preferred lightweight laptops for work, and the Lenovo ThinkPad—especially the Nano series—was my go-to. The first-generation…