The second Nvidia book to come out this year, complementing The Nvidia Way with more of a focus on Jensen personally. I enjoyed it, but I am slightly miffed about having a quote from me fabricated: “We wanted a faster responding Quake so our customers could reach out and frag
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Cognitive Decline and Friction Reduction in Digital Technology
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There was a recent paper that shows the cognitive decline of the average person since the broad introduction of smartphones… to say that "reducing friction" is by default a good thing goes against the statistics. It can be good for certain artists and specific contexts.
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Elon Musk blocks X API access criticism and consequences
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Wild, congrats! You should thank @elonmusk for blocking X/twitter API
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AI Image Models: Technology Access Without Creative Vision
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You can have an absolute godlike image model and not have any good ideas on what to make/reasons to make it. All of this tech is great for people who have spends already and now have the means to do it cheaper and faster and speedrun through their ideas.
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AI Systems Reflect Society’s Biases: Technical and Social Considerations
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AI systems present an opportunity to reflect society's biases. “However, realizing this potential requires careful attention to both technical and social considerations,” says @StanfordHAI Faculty Affiliate @sanmikoyejo in his latest op-ed via @guardian
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Revolutionary Idea Transforms Visual Ideation Forever
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Your idea here was genius, I wonder how this will change visual ideation… for like ever.
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Questioning the Real Value of Automatic Creative AI Systems
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Yours is a philosophical argument disconnected from the reality of AI. There comes a point where pressing a button to produce "creative" output requires no agency and does not have any value, and we've reached that point. Which of these automatic systems do have value and why?
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AI Lowering Skill Ceiling While Quality Soars in Creative Work
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Man, it's moving too fast… The skill ceiling is dropping while the output quality is skyrocketing. Soon, the only bottleneck will be how well you can articulate your vision, not technical expertise. I've spent 15 years in advertising. I was always pretty sharp on Photoshop,
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Karen Hao’s New Book Receives Praise from Leading Experts
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This book is the hardest and most important thing I've ever worked on. I’m deeply grateful to @DAcemogluMIT
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DeepMind Employees Escape Clauses and Recruitment Pressure
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Dear @GoogDeepMind ers, First, congrats on the new impressive models. Every week one of you reaches out to me in despair to ask me how to escape your notice periods and noncompetes. Also asking me for a job because your manager has explained this is the way to get promoted, but