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Gradient Ascendant, “Jon Evans”, is a tech site on aiascendant.com, in English, funded by its readers through Substack; no supporter count is published.

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It was the best of RLHF, it was the worst of RLHF
https://aiascendant.com/p/it-was-the-best-of-rlhf-it-was-the
Superduperintelligence - by Jon Evans - Gradient Ascendant
https://aiascendant.com/p/superduperintelligence
Art, genius, and AI amanuenses - by Jon Evans
https://aiascendant.com/p/creativity-genius-art-and-ai-amanuenses
My new new thing - by Jon Evans - Gradient Ascendant
https://aiascendant.com/p/my-new-new-thing
The Many Frustrations Of LLMs - by Jon Evans
https://aiascendant.com/p/the-many-frustrations-of-llms
Pity the poor underpaid AI - by Jon Evans
https://aiascendant.com/p/pity-the-poor-underpaid-ai
On Crying Wolf - by Jon Evans - Gradient Ascendant
https://aiascendant.com/p/on-crying-wolf
What happens in a world of AI engineers? - by Jon Evans
https://aiascendant.com/p/what-happens-in-a-world-of-ai-engineers?open=false
AI, Alignment, and Antifragility - by Jon Evans
https://aiascendant.com/p/ai-alignment-and-antifragility
The Amen Break and AI art - by Jon Evans
https://aiascendant.com/p/the-amen-break-and-ai-art
Here Come The Drones - by Jon Evans - Gradient Ascendant
https://aiascendant.com/p/here-come-the-drones
For your auditory delectation, EXADELIC - by Jon Evans
https://aiascendant.com/p/for-your-auditory-delectation-exadelic

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