Jimmy TideyCan you build intuitions about what LLMs are good at?It’s hard to develop intuitions about what LLMs can and can’t do. Why are they successful at some complex tasks only to fail at other…4 min read·11 hours ago----
Jimmy TideyWeek notes — 14th May 2024Continuing exploring how LLMs can be used to understand planning documents, centred on Local Plans — the documents local councils are…2 min read·6 days ago----
Jimmy TideyWeek notes — 7th May 2024I’ve been experimenting with how LLMs could be applied to making Local Plans more understandable, perhaps for a non-expert audience, or…2 min read·May 7, 2024----
Jimmy TideyCan users hack your chatbot? Assume yes.[This series of posts — I’m planning a few — is born out of frustration that lots of useful research on Generative AI is too technical for…7 min read·May 6, 2024----
Jimmy TideyHow have Low Traffic Neighbourhoods ignited a culture war on Twitter?Can local traffic management decisions start a culture war? Yes. This is the first of three posts analysing the Twitter debate around…·8 min read·Dec 9, 2020--2--2
Jimmy TideyBlack cabs, Brexiters, cyclists: a battle for London’s streets on TwitterAre black cabbies the best lobbyists in the LTN debate? Perhaps. This is the second in a series of three posts present data analysis of…·6 min read·Dec 9, 2020----
Jimmy TideyCivic debate on Twitter — what can LTNs teach us?Can we build tools that make Twitter a more constructive form? This is the third in a series of three posts present data analysis of the…·4 min read·Dec 9, 2020----
Jimmy TideyinThe FacultyI had a brutal PhD viva followed by two years of corrections - here is what I learned about vivas…Here is what I learned from a grinding, traumatising and occasionally comic journey towards getting a PhD.15 min read·Sep 15, 2020--8--8
Jimmy TideyQuick thoughts on Cambridge AnalyticaCoverage of the Cambridge Analytica scandal is not asking a crucial question: how effective was Cambridge Analytica at influencing…3 min read·Mar 21, 2018----
Jimmy TideyMaker Assembly SummitHow can you measure the impact of makerspaces better? Can they be part of the solution to the UK’s productivity problems?5 min read·Dec 3, 2017----