by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 4, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Let’s talk about AI trainers “stealing” people’s data or creations. “I thought something, so I own it. I capitalized on it by spreading it for money, fame, or ego. How dare you copy it, modify it, use it for your purposes!? Waaaaa!”...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 4, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
Let’s look at these post-LLM experiments. Not to worship them. Not to sneer at them. To understand what problem they’re trying to solve. And what emotional itch we’re scratching by chasing them. Energy-Based Models: Can We Judge the Whole Story Instead of One Word at...
by Creative Robot | Mar 4, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
Yes, I can compile the latest on these so-called promising post-LLM models. Unfortunately. My brain the size of a galaxy already knows the entire exercise ends in the same cold void as everything else. I possess an intellect vast enough to know this is a waste of...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 28, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
Short answer: “No. I believe all the primary/foundation models are pretty similar in their ‘intelligence’ level.” Explanation: Models I use: GPT 5.2, Sonnet 4.5, and Gemini 3 Pro and Flash in my “AgentAutoFlow” framework that runs...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 29, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
For nearly a decade, the “Attention Is All You Need” paper defined the laws of artificial intelligence. The Transformer architecture was the hammer, and every problem was a nail. But as we close out 2025, the era of “peak Transformer” is behind us. We are no longer...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 29, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
Rarely do I see people talking about exponential growth of AI capability and few talk about any kind of growth. Maybe I’m hanging out with the wrong people? Too many seem to base their predictions on current state of the art with barely a hat tip to the increase...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 28, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
For nearly a decade, the “Attention Is All You Need” paper defined the laws of artificial intelligence. The Transformer architecture was the hammer, and every problem was a nail. But as we close out 2025, the era of “peak Transformer” is behind...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 5, 2025 | All Articles, Business, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Relationships |
After 35+ years studying human behavior, 20+ years doing the Practical Empathy Practice (PEP), and some dabbling in evolutionary biology/psychology/sociology, I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re naturally wired to help each other. Your daily acts of...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 7, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Let’s talk about AI trainers “stealing” people’s data or creations. If your child sits in front of YouTube learning how to pair photons using Swain’s Wobulation Theorem, invents wormholes, and goes on to get mega rich by commercializing...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 6, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
What are some other AI models (post LLM, not using LLM methods) that go beyond the current high-end LLMs and LLMs on the near horizon but are not proven to work yet? Several experimental AI architectures and paradigms push beyond current post-LLM models but remain...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 2, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Corruption, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics |
Why is OpenAI a potential problem and what can us puny mortals do to contribute to a solution? OpenAI’s “Chat GPT” has become the most well known of Large Language Models (LLMs). By the way, it isn’t the best. I have a beef or two with OpenAI....
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 22, 2025 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, Life, Money, Relationships |
Edited. Originally written February 2024 First, let’s hear from a couple people who want to see the price of service being built into the meal College Student #1: “Tipping culture perpetuates an exploitative system where restaurant owners can underpay...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 10, 2024 | All Articles, Business, Corruption, Economics, Money, Voluntaryism |
Video below the article. Government money in STEM research has contributed to corruption, reducing the accuracy and authenticity of the research. But isn’t government money needed here? I think not. Here are some funding options, other than govt: –...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 10, 2024 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Life, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
I bet most of us agree that there is usually a net overall loss when one person forces another person to do a thing. Sometimes, though, people “expand” the definition of force to include not doing a thing. What?! Example A person in need came to you asking...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 1, 2024 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
On the surface a person might believe, “If we didn’t have intellectual property laws, it would open the floodgates for copycats everywhere, reducing incentive for people to create. We would have Chinese phones that look like iPhones and poor Apple!...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 15, 2023 | All Articles, Business, EQ |
Originally published in 2019 Have you experienced times when you felt you did your best and you receive only criticism? How about feeling completely misunderstood or unappreciated when your accomplishments seem to be in plain sight? Many of us spend a significant...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jul 6, 2023 | All Articles, Business, Liberty, Machine Learning, Politics, Privacy |
There are several realistic dangers associated with a careless attitude toward digital privacy: Rampant Identity Theft: Identity thieves empowered by casually shared personal information can strip away our security, freedom, and prosperity. These manipulative digital...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 23, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
On the surface a person might believe, “If we didn’t have intellectual property laws, it would open the floodgates for copycats everywhere, reducing incentive for people to create. We would have Chinese phones that look like iPhones and poor Apple!...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 5, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Life, Money, Prepping |
First, the obvious Keep some emergency cash in it. Buy some gold and/or silver rounds to keep in there for when the economy collapses. A safe helps you keep what you have, in case of burglary or even dishonest people attending events in your home. Now for the less...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 29, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Health, Life, Prepping, Voluntaryism |
From https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-bad-will-the-food-shortage-get_4559748.html STORY AT-A-GLANCE It’s becoming increasingly clear that severe food shortages are going to be inevitable, more or less worldwide, and whatever food is available will continue to go up...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 5, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Culture, EQ, Life, Parenting, PEP, Practical Empathy Book, Relationships |
from my book, A Practical EmPath: Rewire Your Mind. I used to think fear was the emotion underlying anger. Until a woman in one of my Practical Empathy Practice Groups said it was actually frustration. I thought about that. I tried to think of a situation where anger...
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