“Last year, Monash University scientists created the “DishBrain” – a semi-biological computer chip with some 800,000 human and mouse brain cells lab-grown into its electrodes. Demonstrating something like sentience, it learned to play Pong within five minutes.” ~ learn more
“With more tripping will come more psychic terror. A new movement of volunteers will guide you through your brain melt.” ~ learn more
This private presentation to an audience of engineers is now available on Youtube and its great. Joel was a program manager on the Excel team in the early ‘90s. “The way you are using Excel causes errors, creates incomprehensible spaghetti […]
“We often hear that making small incremental improvements every day can lead to great things. … But there’s another side to this story that we don’t discuss as often: how incremental neglect and small missteps can accumulate and lead to […]
“When a precocious yet nonconformist teenager asks why they need to learn calculus, what should you say? “ ~ learn more
From writer and investor Ben Evans. “ChatGPT and generative AI will change how we work, but how different is this to all the other waves of automation of the last 200 years?” ~ learn more
This mirrors my (very limited) personal experience. “At least one study shows how the June version of GPT-4 is objectively worse than the version released in March on a few tasks.” ~ learn more
A bit of publicity almost killed this startup, Bobbie, by drawing the attention of regulators to their pilot. This is the story of how they turned the situation around and capitalized on the moment. A couple years since this article […]
“There is no clear explanation for the sea mammal’s behavior, say authorities, who has been seen riding and gnawing surfboards” ~ learn more
“I decided today that I’m going to see if I can find the restaurant with the highest number of brothers.” This thread starts at “2 Bros Pizza” but does not end there. Internet collaboration at its finest. ~ learn more