Pete and alexlovelessartist.bsky.social recap their AI discussions, covering why language model “hallucinations” are normal behaviour, how most AI proof-of-concepts fail due to poor ideas rather than technical issues, the impact on jobs and the rise of AI agents.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Jm...

alexlovelessartist.bsky.social and Pete discuss MIT’s study revealing 95% of GenAI projects fail despite massive enterprise investment. They explore why companies struggle to scale beyond pilots, the “shadow AI economy” of personal AI tools, and practical strategies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ushm...

@alexlovelessartist.bsky.social explains his slow but unstoppable gravitation to text based interfaces and an “everything via the terminal” mentality. Pete and Alex take a ramble through the history of nerdy user interfaces, discuss why keyboard layouts are stupid.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjw5...

Pete and @alexlovelessartist.bsky.social ponder whether we are at the point where LLMs are as good as they are going to get, and what the implications of this are. This requires a dip into the murky depths of what businesses exist to do and how LLMs impact this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk29...

Join @alexlovelessartist.bsky.social and Pete as they discuss building software that suits only your needs and idiosyn-crazies using AI. Surely this is a good thing, and not just another apocalypse in disguise? There’s only one way to find out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYIc...

Pete and @alexlovelessartist.bsky.social discuss the challenges of deploying language models in end-user facing systems, the dilemma of diversity vs accuracy of output, and how all of this is a giant headache for data scientists and software engineers alike.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7XT...

Pete and @alexlovelessartist.bsky.social discuss the challenges of training models for accuracy, reliability and capability, and various techniques that are being used to ensure these. Alex makes an impassioned case for why cheese should be considered a fruit!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQK...

@alexlovelessartist.bsky.social and Pete battle the demons of unruly technology to give you a brief history of Business Intelligence and their relationship with it. It all seems to still be about dashboards, why this sucks and offer alternatives. And yes, AI appears!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmu_...

Pete and @alexlovelessartist.bsky.social discuss the range of views on the impact of GenAI on jobs, the intractable situation that decision makers find themselves in regarding AI adoption, the marvels of modern enterprise procurement, and the AI pricing problem.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjP...

Alex recounts his harrowing tale of vibe coding hubris, a rogue AI agent, a busted deadline and a bruised ego. He and Pete discuss using AI agents in mission critical work, the need for actual tech skills, and how managing them is similar to managing humans.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rxR...

The Confusion Matrix - Eldritch Coding Vibes

Alex’s attempts to converse with the Old Gods via the medium of coding leads to a lively discussion about the merits (and dangers) of vibe coding, the unreasonable effectiveness of Warp terminal, and how LLMs can help in education.

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The Confusion Matrix episode 3 - When is a book not a book? When it’s an AI book!

Things get heated is Alex and Pete debate the merits of LLMs for authoring books, the dangers of using labels like “PhD level thinking” to models, and the limitations of the associated benchmarks

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The Confusion Matrix episode 2 - Confusion Matrices and Confusing Behaviour

Alex and Pete discuss the creation of their podcast’s visuals and soundtrack using AI tools, the concept of the confusion matrix in ML, and the importance of questioning overly accurate models.

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The Confusion Matrix, episode 1 - LLMs – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Alex and Pete kick off their new podcast by dipping their toes in the murky waters of LLMs and how they seem to be insinuating their way in to all manner of aspects of their lives. Good or bad or ugly?

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Myself and Pete Hodge have a new podcast. It's called The Confusion Matrix where we have lively and candid discussions about data, data science and AI in day to day life, business and beyond.

Wherever you get your podcasts.

Here's the latest episode: youtu.be/vvfbv4MbaaY