Also v rich given Nvidia's success is in part attributable to the co's having tons low-level programmers mid-2000s–ppl who understand the mechanisms that are abstracted away for most–and were thus able to focus on creating the CUDA ecosystem ahead of competitors. BUT ANYWAY.
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Workers as Button-Pushers: The Risk of Tech Concentration
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I'm sure a future where "workers just push the buttons we give them, and only we know how they work" is not a bad position for incumbents and "button making companies." But it's not something we should accept or celebrate as progress! https://
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MWC24 Barcelona: Major Tech Announcement Coming Soon
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I may not be attending #MWC24 in Barcelona, but I will be watching virtually for a particular amazing announcement, which I will have the honor of describing and posting here on @X and also on my LinkedIn feed. Watch for it
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AI Ethics as Corporate PR Strategy Mid-2010s Tech
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As someone who was around when AI ethics sprung forth, largely from within large tech companies in the mid 2010s, IMO primarily to serve as something to point to when GC's and CEO's were asked "what are you doing about these problems?"–I'm not surprised.
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Gemini Criticized for Altering Historical Accuracy for DEI Goals
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17th century physics was not “diverse”. Diversity is a contemporary concept of postcolonial Western societies. Gemini tries to change depictions of reality whenever they do not conform to DEI ideas. I am not opposed to diversity but to untruthfulness.
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Intel faces challenging recovery with two-year limping outlook
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Intel may ‘limp along’ for the next two years The retiring three-decade editor of the prestigious Microprocessor Report, Linley Gwennap, notes Intel has continued to miss deadlines under Pat Gelsinger, and the three-pronged strategy for a turnaround still has much risk to it.
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Google DeepMind Announces Gemma Language Model with API Access
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Gemma is a new language model just announced by @GoogleDeepMind
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AI Systems and Political Economy: Questioning Empowerment Claims
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IP is not a terrain I have much faith in, one way or the other. That aside, from whence the faith in these systems "unlocking latent expressive and intellectual capabilities of billions" given the political economic landscape within which they're being created, licensed, used?
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Company Confidence in Technology Roadmaps and Execution Strategy
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"The companies that provide you with roadmaps with detail are the ones that are most confident in the execution." Thanks again @IanCutress @sallywf
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Cohere Celebrates Women in AI: Technical Team Webinar
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Join us on March 7 at 1:00 pm EDT for a webinar as we celebrate ahead of International Women's Day by highlighting the incredible talents of five women from the Cohere technical team. Learn more and register! https://
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