The Black Box of Big Models, the White Box of the Lab The black box of large language models drives us mad, so blockchain now tries to install a transparent white box inside the laboratory. --- 1943: A Quantum Cat, A Teenage Prodigy, and the Question “What Is Life?” In 1943, the owner of the quantum cat, Erwin Schrödinger, delivered a high-wire lecture in Dublin. From the perspective of statistical physics he linked atoms, life, and cells. Across the Atlantic, the 15-year-old James Watson was...

The Black Box of Big Models, the White Box of the Lab The black box of large language models drives us mad, so blockchain now tries to install a transparent white box inside the laboratory. --- 1943: A Quantum Cat, A Teenage Prodigy, and the Question “What Is Life?” In 1943, the owner of the quantum cat, Erwin Schrödinger, delivered a high-wire lecture in Dublin. From the perspective of statistical physics he linked atoms, life, and cells. Across the Atlantic, the 15-year-old James Watson was...