#otd in 1971 Bell Labs released the first Unix Programmer's Manual. Download the free PDF here (third edition): https://
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Bell Labs Releases First Unix Programmer’s Manual 1971
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What capabilities does AI still need to develop?
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What’s one thing you’d like AI to be able to do, but it can’t yet?
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MIT’s BoltzGen AI Designs Proteins and Peptides
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A genAI model developed at MIT designs proteins & peptides of any modality to bind to different biomolecular targets. The system, called "BoltzGen," unifies design & structure prediction. It's freely available for unrestricted academic & commercial use: https://
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Yann LeCun’s 1998 Gradient-Based Deep Learning Paper Milestone
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#otd in 1998 Yann LeCun submitted a paper on “gradient-based” deep learning for document recognition. It took more than a decade before the world finally warmed to neural networks: https://
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Why Programmers Confuse Halloween with Christmas Joke
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Why can’t programmers tell the difference between Halloween & Christmas? Because oct 31 = dec 25.
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AI Models Imagine Robot Halloween Celebrations at MIT
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How robots would celebrate Halloween at MIT's Stata Center, according to ChatGPT, Midjourney, & Gemini.
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AI Computer Vision Applications for Wildlife Conservation Efforts
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Ask us your questions about how AI & computer vision can help w/conservation efforts. We’re featuring a few in an upcoming explainer w/MIT PhD student Justin Kay. For more on his work: https://
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MIT Adobe Refashion: AI Sustainable Fashion Design Tool
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It can be wasteful & expensive to keep up w/the latest fashion trends. Luckily, MIT & Adobe’s “Refashion” program helps users create outlines for clothing w/components you can replace or restyle. It’s a more sustainable approach to fashion design: https://
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Boolean Logic Fundamentals for AI and Computing
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BOOlean logic to brush up on before Halloween. v/
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MIT Prof Katabi Elected to National Academy Medicine
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MIT Prof. & CSAIL principal investigator Dina Katabi has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for building wireless devices that assist w/digital health using AI & radio signals, helping doctors detect diseases like Parkinson’s from digital biomarkers. Having