@LJamesMcGuigan
's Selling the American People! Which I was reminded to pull to the top of the stack c/o this excellent episode of TMK: https://
soundcloud.com/thismachinekil
lspod/328-the-universal-science-of-advertisement-ft-lee-mcguigan
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Advertising and Consumer Manipulation in American Society
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Can AI Chatbots Help Combat Loneliness in Young People?
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In September, I met @renate
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Turning Hobby Into Art Form Through Innovation
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This guy turned his hobby into an art form
— Ronald van Loon (@Ronald_vanLoon) 5 avril 2024
by @gigadgets_#FutureOfWork #Innovation #AI #TechForGood #Tech #Technology
cc: @pbalakrishnarao @karpathy @dirkschaar pic.twitter.com/pBffr488XmThis guy turned his hobby into an art form
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How Work Shapes Culture: Lessons for AI Era
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One repeated finding in clever large-scale studies like this one is that what we do shapes who we are: cultures that grow rice really are more collectivist than wheat farmers, because rice farming requires collective work & wheat does not. I wonder how today’s work impacts us.
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Cohere’s Multilingual LLM Efforts Enhance AI Inclusivity
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I’m a huge fan of LLM efforts that emphasise multilingualism because they make AI far more inclusive and accessible. Congratulations @cohere
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Nigerian Tech Training Scams Exploit University Affiliations
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They leverage on the tech desperation in Nigeria and charge millions of naira for their SE Program in the name of being affiliated with a university in London and Dubai but will bring crappy guys to come and teach you software engineering.
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NVIDIA Ranked No. 3 Best U.S. Workplace by Fortune
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NVIDIA is the No. 3 best place to work in the U.S., according to @FortuneMagazine and @GPTW_US
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Community Notes Slow Misinformation Spread But Lag Behind Viral Content
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Community Notes really does work to slow down the spread of misinformation for tweets that get Notes. The effect is quite large. But the Notes are often posted too slowly, appearing only after false information has gone viral, lowering their real world impact.
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Game Engines Dominate Industry: AI and Open Source Future
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Two game engines may be responsible for the creation of over half of video games released today + a massive slice top titles. What does their future—and that of gaming overall—look like? @LewisPackwood considers AI, open source offerings and more atelier.net/insights/scene-f…
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Egan and Chiang Write About AGI in Science Fiction
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Egan and Chiang both write about AGI. Stephenson is really the exception among current scifi authors