Lest I be viewed as Pollyannaish, I do think we should understand just how much software development is primitive and GLACIAL compared to AI. In the last 10 years we've shifted from Software 2.0 to Software 3.0. If you're still on Software 1.0, look out.
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AI Accelerates Developer Jobs: Refactoring to Documentation
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Jobs of a developer accelerated by AI (my main list here https://
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– Debugging
– Writing tests
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Generative AI Boosts Developer Productivity Without Threatening Jobs
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Developers should NOT be threatened by generative AI. It's an unequivocal good. We get more time for actually valuable parts of jobs. Architecture, system design, shipping features users want. we're seeing "memory management is now optional" levels of productivity improvement.
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Exposing ChatGPT Temperature Setting for Prompt Engineers
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they just need to expose the temperature setting on chatgpt and prompt engs can go to town
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Simulating Reality: LLMs and the Simulation Hypothesis Question
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The reason that emulating virtual machines, chatrooms, and APIs inside large language models is exciting, isn’t just because “haha cool nerd stuff”. It means we are that much closer to simulating all of our world in it. And if we can do it… how would we know we aren’t in one?
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Safety Guidelines Modified: Known AI Jailbreaks No Longer Work
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not retraining doesnt mean not modifying the safety guidelines, which is what people have been observing (see the links, a lot of the known jailbreaks dont work anymore)
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Users willing to pay premium for AI browsing capabilities
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would pay $100's to $1000's /month for "browsing: on"
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ChatGPT vs Google: AI Disruption and Market Valuations Comparison
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ChatGPT is an existential threat to Google because: Google gives you answers that "SEOs" and content markets want you to read ChatGPT creates answers to the question *YOU* asked @StabilityAI valuation: 1 billion @OpenAI valuation: 20 billion
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SaaS Sales Reps Miss Quotas as Tech Recession Deepens
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📉Incredible realtime macro indicator of the recession:
— swyx 🇸🇬 (@swyx) 4 décembre 2022
80% of SaaS sales reps are projecting to miss quota this quarter 🤯 (up from 36% in Q1)
this clip from @lennysan and @SVMansuri’s Bravado explains why tech companies are laying off now-excess fat:https://t.co/qPZTlxURWd pic.twitter.com/pS5wgHGijcIncredible realtime macro indicator of the recession: 80% of SaaS sales reps are projecting to miss quota this quarter (up from 36% in Q1) this clip from @lennysan and @SVMansuri
’s Bravado explains why tech companies are laying off now-excess fat: https://
overcast.fm/+6K1FD_mr0/13:
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