In 1909, biologist Jakob von Uexkull coined the term umwelt — the perspective-dependent universe of salient information that an organism uses to navigate the world. Every species constructs its own. The electromagnetic spectrum is vast, but humans perceive only a narrow band that we call 'light'. That is our umwelt: it defines our experience of... Continue Reading →
#82: How do we evaluate Agentic AI Systems? Part-2
Continuing from my previous post, this is an attempt to define metrics for measuring the quality of Agentic AI Systems
#80: Measuring Human and AI Agents
Since 2023, we have been hearing doomsayers talking about the coming AI Apocalypse that will take our jobs, run economies etc. And they keep pointing to the impressive performance gains and the reasoning capabilities of the frontier models. Meanwhile, those of us in Enterprise AI continue to be frustrated by the temptation to treat these... Continue Reading →
#78: Model-free vs. Model-based learning
Over the holidays, I read A Brief History of Intelligence by Max Bennett, a fantastic book that traces the evolution of intelligence from worm-like nematodes (microscopic worms) all the way to us humans. The author does an absolutely brilliant job of the journey by breaking it into five key breakthroughs starting from the minute organisms... Continue Reading →
#78: Model-free vs. Model-based learning
Over the holidays, I read A Brief History of Intelligence by Max Bennett, a fantastic book that traces the evolution of intelligence from worm-like nematodes (microscopic worms) all the way to us humans. The author does an absolutely brilliant job of the journey by breaking it into five key breakthroughs starting from the minute organisms... Continue Reading →