I've been using Claude (mostly Sonnet, some Opus) on a daily basis and find it incredibly useful. For me the outputs are accelerators not the finished product.
Maybe they will get there in the end, but you still have to use your own expertise to get stuff done.
I asked it to write some C++ to integrate IMUs with OpenSim and OpenCV.
It produced code that did most of the heavy lifting and shocked me. But it also made rookie errors integrating an API as a client instead of acting as a server.
My takeaway - I will never start coding from scratch ever again.
I asked it to produce some artefacts in an area I am an expert, around SAP technology.
The outputs were useful, contained detailed information, but were nowhere near good enough to put in front of a client. It struggled with creating a detailed resourced plan for example.
But it still saved time.
Totally!
It sometimes takes me a while to formulate the right question (setting guardrails and looking for specifics).
I mentioned this in conversation the other day too-- "it feels like AI will match the quality of your question with it's response. Almost GIGO".
I see it as a talented PA
So Dominic Cummings was the one who "lied", AI just trusted him more than it should !
dominiccummings.substack.com/p/1-ai-model...
I do worry about bias.
I asked some questions yesterday about the historic situation in the middle east with very carefully worded queries. I had to almost argue with Claude to get the details I wanted as it became incredibly slippery.
Possibly reflects the media and data, but worrisome.
AI is a real case of don't knock it till you've tried it.
The tooling today goes well beyond hallucinating word regurgitation. Reasoning capabilities are impressive and asking detailed questions that require relatively deep research yields results that save many hours.
It is here to stay.
But do they have the Telegraph, Mail, Sun, Express and accidentally (?) the BBC all fighting against them ?
FWIW ChatGPT/OpenAI are falling behind Claude and Gemini on most tasks. If you care at all.
Lack of curiosity = higher priorities and being extremely busy as PM
The media frenzy around both is/was so Westminster bubble. Almost no-one in the real world cares. Zahawi and Mandleson are the real stories.
Comprehensive API documentation with open access and a transparent process for uploading to the Apple Store.
that's just dystopian shit. literally.
On reflection I think 2023 was when I decided that "my body shape is fat now". And 2026 was when I decided that "I'm fat and need to get back in shape properly".
Mounjaro - Week 3 Weigh In - 1st stone done (6.3kg) 🎉
Have now travelled back in time to 1 year ago, 3 more kg and back to 2023, a further 2 kg takes me back 10 years to 2016, then another 10kg takes me back to my prime in 2014 at just under 80 kg
Happy days
The impact of our technology means national service will need to be introduced ...... errr.....
no- that's a nightmare
don't know, never heard back. will keep my eyes pealed !
It was legit users- there was a group of students at Delft Uni working with the data. I felt terrible taking it down but it was costing me a fortune.
Frameless at Marble Arch is fab, so long as you’re happy sitting on the floor in 20 minute stints..
Screenshot from the Claude desktop app as it generates code for working with IMUs using Qt and it's local Bluetooth libraries
It works too. Am I a vibe coder now ?
they haven't aged well. butterflies gave 10 year old me an insight into the lives of the middle classes.
Working with Claude to research and plan my golf app is joyous, it is truly impressive* (and I'm pretty anti-AI). And I haven't started coding with it yet ....
* it's not cheap !!
Depends on usage, anywhere from $3 to $250 per month
What we really need is someone to sponsor it and pay for the S3 storage.
Will see what i can do over the coming months
Think it’s a great idea. I could resurrect the data collection if you think it’s worth it. Will be 5 years of data sitting out there
It’s kinda crazy how bad some people’s data is
Now, I want this now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwil...
I've started working on a golf app using wearable sensors, call it "gears ultralite". I'm using Claude to help with the approach and architecture and it is surprisingly helpful.
