Each new step that helps automate code creation moves programmers further away from understanding the core principles of a language and conceptualizing the solution and its programming. AI code assistants accelerate this separation.
Carlos Baquero
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The Energy Footprint of Humans and Large Language Models
Each time someone interacts with a large language model (LLM), there is an energy cost in running the model for inference. In addition, there is an energy cost in the preparation and training of the model before it was brought to production. It is relatively easy to look at these costs in terms of kilowatt-hours […]
Pondering the Ugly Underbelly, and Whether Images are Real
Robin K. Hill teaches how proofs lead to the truth, while Carlos Baquero searches for truth in imagery.
Niklaus Wirth and Beyond: Safeguarding the Intellectual Heritage of Computing
On preserving the memory, and work documentation, of the founders of computer science.
All Photos are Fake Until Proven Real
The blurred lines of photographic reality in the AI Era.
A Year Embedded in the Crypto-NFT Space
Carlos Baquero investigates cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens.
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