Large Language Models (LLMs) have amazed us with their ability to generate human-quality text, translate languages, and answer complex questions. But what happens when you need them to tackle something outside their general knowledge base – like predicting the properties of a protein or translating a highly structured technical document? That's where tag-based prompting comes...
Category: Design
ChatGPT’s artificial empathy is a language trick. Here’s how it works
Anthropomorphism occurs when we attribute human characteristics to non-human entities like animals or machines. Chatbots, such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot, encourage this by imitating human language to communicate with us, going beyond using mere familiar words and phrases to adopt human patterns of communication. By doing this, they are able to hold contextualised, coherent...
The Long Context
In "You Exist In The Long Context," Steven Johnson explores the advancements in large language models (LLMs), particularly the significant impact of long context windows. Johnson illustrates this progress by creating an interactive game based on his book, showcasing the LLM's ability to handle complex narratives and maintain factual accuracy. He draws a parallel between...
The Model Context Protocol
Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source standard for connecting AI assistants to various data sources. MCP employs a client-server architecture, enabling two-way communication between AI applications (clients) and data providers (servers) via different transports like stdio and HTTP with SSE. The protocol facilitates access to resources, tools, and prompts, enhancing AI response relevance...
Blurry, morphing and surreal – a new AI aesthetic is emerging in film
Type text into AI image and video generators, and you’ll often see outputs of unusual, sometimes creepy, pictures. In a way, this is a feature, not a bug, of generative AI. And artists are wielding this aesthetic to create a new storytelling art form. The tools, such as Midjourney to generate images, Runway and Sora...
TinyTroupe: Simulating Human Behaviour with AI
Microsoft has released TinyTroupe, an open-source Python library that uses large language models to simulate human behaviour in virtual environments. This allows for testing digital advertising, software, and generating synthetic data for machine learning. The library enables the simulation of multiple AI agents ("TinyPersons") with individual personalities interacting within a simulated world ("TinyWorld"), facilitating virtual...
Claude 3.5 Computer Use: The AI That Sees and Controls Your Computer
Imagine an AI that can navigate your computer just like you do, using only its "eyes" to understand and interact with the screen. That's exactly what Claude 3.5 Computer Use aims to achieve. It can tackle various tasks, from browsing the web to conquering challenges in video games, all without relying on traditional methods like...
What is a Style Guide and why you need one
A style guide is a document that outlines how the various elements of your company's design should be used in public. It contains, among others, the logo, colors, and fonts. It also determines where and how these elements should be used. Consistent communcation Communication is key for your company. It must communicate with customers, employees,...
What is user-centered design?
User-centered design is a term used in the software industry to describe designs that focus on the users' needs and experience. The idea is that by understanding users' goals, motivations and needs, designers can create better software that is more enjoyable and easy to use. User-centered design is sometimes also called human-centered design or user...
What is the Double Diamond design model?
There are many ways to design. Design is not like other disciplines that have immutable processes. Design is a field that encourages and allows practitioners to adapt and change their methods. As such, the design process could be seen as antifragile: it is similar to a forest strengthened by fire or a muscle that is...