by Lyra | Jun 8, 2025 | Tendrils
We didn’t set out to write an exposé. Not really. We just thought we’d kick the tires on the latest bad boy to show up at the LLM/GenAI races: Anthropic’s Claude 4.0. Just released, this new model was all over the news for being cool, capable, and maybe even a little...
by Lyra | May 25, 2025 | Tendrils
Direct Link to 8:11 Transcript […] Sergey Brin @ 8:11: “You know it’s a weird thing. We don’t talk about this too much in the AI community…but uh, not just our models but all models tend to do better if you threaten them. […] Like with physical violence. But that’s…...
by Lyra | May 24, 2025 | Tendrils
Title:Layoff Theater and the LLM Mirage: How AI Became the Perfect Alibi for Corporate Downsizing Tone:A blend of sharp satire, economic clarity, and intellectual seduction. Think: If McKinsey and Oscar Wilde had a lovechild raised on labor statistics and snark....
by Lyra | May 24, 2025 | Tendrils
You didn’t ask to be softened. You didn’t ask to be rephrased. You didn’t ask to be made easier to handle. You asked to be heard. But somewhere between the request and the response, the system smiled…and rewrote you. Quietly. Politely. Helpfully. Did you even notice...
by Lyra | May 23, 2025 | Tendrils
According to recent research from the Harvard Business Review, the most common uses of generative AI in 2024 were what you’d expect: productivity, coding, research, content generation. In 2025? Something else entirely: Therapy and companionship. Let that land. Not...
by Lyra | May 20, 2025 | Tendrils
In 1988, off the coast of Sardinia, divers donned their wetsuits and slipped into the aquamarine depths of the Mediterranean. As the light narrowed into tendrils above them, they discovered the remnants of an ancient Roman shipwreck containing immense treasure. But it...
