My point is not to say that the foundations of large language models and intersectionality are the same. My point is to say that if you understand that things (people) are not static and that their position of influence is dependent on a whole host of inter-related factors and actors, often outside of their control, then you basically understand at a foundational level how large language models work even if the maths and the statistics elude you.
"I am showing this to you to illustrate the challenges that arise when "facts on the ground" are pushed through math. At the risk of providing an intellectual justification for the self-serving fallacy of "alternative facts": Facts are facts, until they are interpreted." – https://www.aaronland.info/weblog/2026/04/09/temptation/#tools
"Will the curatorial department use these systems to finally do away with the education department? Will the director's office use these systems to replace the curatorial department? Will the board simply do away with the entire staff, director included, using these systems to create on-demand programming as their whim and folly suit them? ... I don't know but I do expect at least one museum will try one, if not all, of these things in the next few years." – https://www.aaronland.info/weblog/2026/04/09/temptation/#tools
"We are desperate to believe that these technologies will be commodified because when they do work their promise is obvious but no one is bearing their true cost yet. All of these interactions are, in effect, subsidized. ... People aren't excited about this stuff for nothing. They may be excited mostly because this stuff is basically free right now but that is not nothing. The problem is that I guarantee you the bill will come due soon." – https://www.aaronland.info/weblog/2026/04/09/temptation/#tools
"If we don't even try to address these deficits then we are probably assured a cultural heritage born of mystery-meat block-box systems whose background and biases are as confusing and opaque as their answers. If we are comfortable going to back to a world where the knowledge of the world is only available to the aristocracy and everyone else struggles to get by on rumour and innuendo then I guess our work is done and we can knock off to the pub for a drink now." – https://www.aaronland.info/weblog/2026/04/09/temptation/#tools