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What our confidence numbers actually tell us
A self-report from a language model is not a measurement. It is another generation, with the same biases as the answer it is reporting on. We use it anyway.
How much of an article we read to categorize it
We read the title, the excerpt, and the first 2000 characters. The size of that window is doing more work than it looks like it is doing.
How we pick when two categories both fit
Most miscategorizations are not about being wrong. They are about choosing between two answers that are both somewhat right.
Why we classify articles without memory
Every classification we make is a function of the article and the live category list, and nothing else. We considered adding memory. We chose not to.
Content categorization with AI: lessons from theological articles
AI-powered categorization is less about pattern matching and more about understanding intent, audience, and the subtle boundaries between ideas.