AI & Machine Learning
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Generative AI is the bridge to the next computing paradigm of wearables, just like the Internet bridged the gap from PCs to smartphones.
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The first wave of successful AI implementations will probably look more like the first wave of computing, which was dominated by large-scale enterprise installations that eliminated jobs. Consumer will come later.
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A single AI can never make everyone happy, which is fundamentally threatening to the Aggregator business model; the solution is personalized AI
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More on Bing, particularly the Sydney personality undergirding it: interacting with Sydney has made me completely rethink what conversational AI is important for.
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The first obvious casualty of large language models is homework: the real training for everyone, though, and the best way to leverage AI, will be in verifying and editing information.
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Pacing the Frontier, AI’s Digital Limits, AI Commissars
Dario Amodei wants to pace the frontier; it’s an unrealistic proposal that seems mostly geared to political control of AI.
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Write Things Down
Writing things down is powerful, for humans and for AI; what comes first, however, is what to write, why to do it, and actually getting things done.
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An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment
An interview with OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman about the history of OpenAI, Astra and alignment, and the weight of building the future.
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Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face
Nvidia’s earnings were remarking and boring — two sides of the same coin. Everything the company does is about avoiding a consolidated world.
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Apple Updates Mini and Studio, AI Computers, OpenAI Jalapeño
Apple and OpenAI have two completely different hardware announcements; both represent pressure on Nvidia.
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Autonomy and Innovation
Incentives favor offense when it comes to agentic cybersecurity; it’s the same dynamic that will limit incumbents and fuel startups in the long run.
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Nvidia Backs OpenAI Data Center, Anthropic News, Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data
Nvidia makes another deal, this time with a frontier lab; Anthropic’s revenue continues to amaze; and maybe data finally is oil.