An interesting Theil-ism I hadn’t heard until the @rabois podcast with @adlabossiere is “you can’t build a startup with known talent”. This reminds me of cast dynamics in cinema: once you’re Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt you’ve got certain expectations and you’re generally doing a
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Analog aesthetics meet DeepDream: exploring creative AI textures
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the analog crackle of vinyl, the subtle grain of film, and the swirling dog faces of deepdream
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YouTube as AI Training Data: Audio, Video, Transcriptions
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YouTube is an incredible treasure trove of data. Audio, video, transcriptions, niche communities constantly uploading…
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AI Tools Drive Significant Improvements Across All Users
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improvement over the last year has been crazy. everything is better for everyone with better tools!
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Google DeepDream versus Midjourney: Evolution of Creative AI
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Google DeepDream (2015) vs Midjourney (2023)
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Language Models Commoditize: Intelligence Becomes Cheap Meter
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Amazing how fast language models have commoditized. Intelligence too cheap to meter is just a few years away.
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GPT-4 Hallucinations Impact on App Development Tasks
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GPT-4 is cozily hallucinating a snowy December holiday as you bust in and ask it to build you an app
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Meta Dominates Glasses Camera Market Over Snap
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This isn’t a dig at Snap, but the fact that Meta has successfully co-opted the glasses camera form factor really shows how resilient and relentless Zuck is.
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Gemini vs Mistral: Cost and Model Accessibility Tradeoffs
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gemini announcement: cost google millions of dollars. blog post. script. video production. landing pages. can't use the good model. oh well mistral 8×7: magnet link only. no explanation of what it is. no explanation of how to run it. might power everything soon