From long context lengths in LLMs to more efficient transformers for diffusion models. It's been another month with lots of interesting research. I put together an annotated list of 24 highlights from June to July:
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Guide for LLM-Powered Chart and Image Generation Systems
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An excellent guide on working with LLM-powered chart and image generation systems!!
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Post-Work Society: Reimagining Life Beyond Full-Time Employment
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Long term (~30yrs+) we’re headed towards a post work society. This will be a seismic transition. What would you do all day if you didn’t have to work full time?
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Layoffs Impact on Tech Diversity: Solutions and Strategies
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How layoffs can affect #diversity in tech—and what to do about it https://
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Measuring AI Progress Beyond Financial Metrics and Money
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The goal here isn’t to frame ai progress as a quest for $$. Money making is a simple and quantifiable measure of progress towards an otherwise complex goal that requires planning and action over an extended time period.
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spaCy’s approach to transformer architectures and library integration
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We're still using it in @spacy_io . But we don't want to try to make efficient transformer architectures in it. We've always called out to other libraries for that. This lets us wrap PyTorch implementations directly, which makes things a bit easier for us.
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Enable 2FA: Defense Against Social Engineering and Database Breaches
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I'd enable 2FA if I were you. Social engineering/leak db dumps/auto captcha solves are a deadly triad
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Niche Browser Game Integration into Digital Culture
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i'm trying to see if a niche browser game fits into the culture. worth trying.
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Indie Hacker Arc: Six Month Independent Entrepreneurship Journey
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i promised myself a 6 month indie hacker arc. loving it.
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Computer Vision: Putting Humans at the Center of AI
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3 Ways Computer Vision Will Put the Human in #AI in 2023 https://
bit.ly/3vy1UgE #ethics