Archive - Sparks in the Wind

How I think about LLM prompt engineering

Prompting as searching through a space of vector programs

Oct 9, 2023 •

François Chollet

December 2022

The loop of progress

The best ideas are born from years of iterative refinement.

Dec 6, 2022 •

François Chollet

November 2022

AI is cognitive automation, not cognitive autonomy

Like the rest of computer science, AI is about making computers do more, not replacing humans.

Nov 28, 2022 •

François Chollet

The machine that makes the thing is more valuable than the thing

People, culture, and processes over artifacts.

Nov 21, 2022 •

François Chollet

Education as civilization-building

Today, there is too much focus on education as job training. Here's a better framework: education as a process of civilization-building — as a tool to…

Nov 13, 2022 •

François Chollet

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Nov 2, 2022 •

François Chollet

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