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AI FEARS
I’m obviously just one of many people who are both fascinated, in love with, and scared by AI. On so many levels. The more you learn about it, the more you realize that nobody could possibly foresee the impacts it will have on the world, how it will change our lives, nor even how fast…
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APPLE MUSIC CLASSICAL
This is a fantastic new service that Apple has launched, and if you’re currently a paying Apple Music subscriber it’s included in your plan without any additional charges. I for one have been a paying Apple Music user for a long time, and it’s been high up on my list of subscriptions that I’ve been…
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LIGHT
Let us consider the wondrous nature of light upon our earthly plane. Forsooth, its radiance emanates from the great star above, the sun, and doth reveal much to us about the conditions of our world. Verily, the presence of light may offer a clue to the temperature, the hour of the day, or even the…
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SCARED & FASCINATED BY AI, HAND-CODING VS AI-GUIDING, AND NON-WORKING TECH WORKERS
I am both fascinated and scared by AI. Fascinating, because it makes it so easy to do things that would previously require a lot of time or practice. Like creating a rhyming poem about pretty much anything is super simple now. Oh, what a joy to rhyme with ease, Thanks to my dear ChatGPT, it’s…
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GPT-4 creator Ilya Sutskever interview
Here’s a fascinating interview with the creator of GPT-4, Ilya Sutskever. Some fascinating takeaways:
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SECRET SOFTWARE BILLIONAIRE: MARK LEONARD FROM CONSTELLATION SOFTWARE
Mark Leonard is the founder and CEO of Constellation Software. And there’s magic to that name. (Leonard also happens to look a bit like Gandalf.) He’s bought more than 500 software companies, but never sold any of them—with one exception, which Leonard regrets until this day. Constellation Software buys software businesses to keep and grow…
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TRELLIS OF WISTERIA
A trellis of wisteria, a sight to behold It stands in the garden, its beauty ever so bold Vines of deep purple, its leaves of soft green It stands in the sunlight, a beauty to be seen It’s sweet aroma fills the air A reminder of beauty and peace to fare The delicate blooms of…
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM
We live in a world where energy companies make a fortune when there’s an energy crisis, the military industrial complex makes a fortune when there’s war, and pharmaceutical companies make a fortune when there’s a pandemic. This is something comedian Russel Brand said on episode #1949 of the Joe Rogan podcast. Whatever you think of…
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IRAN DISCOVERS WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST LITHIUM RESERVE
Iran seems to be a country very lucky when it comes to natural resources. We all know they make a lot of money selling oil. But they now found what’s believed to be the second largest reserve of lithium in the world (#1 is Chile with 9.3 million metric tons). The newly discovered Iranian reserve…
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HOW WIRED WILL (AND WON’T) USE GENERATIVE AI
WIRED magazine announced how they’ll use AI, and while the entire article is worth reading, there’s a few things that were of interest to me: If you read the entire piece, you’ll find that this is a very thoughtful and balanced approach to the use of AI, probably the best I’ve come across from major…
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