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Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge
GenAI contains profound gaps in knowledge. AI models, trained overwhelmingly on Western digital sources, *excludes most* human knowledge, from traditional medicine to Indigenous architecture.
GenAI contains profound gaps in knowledge. AI models, trained overwhelmingly on Western digital sources, *excludes most* human knowledge, from traditional medicine to Indigenous architecture.
Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge | Aeon Essays
Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. By definition, generative AI is shockingly ignorant too
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October 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Generative AI has access to a small slice of human knowledge
GenAI contains profound gaps in knowledge. AI models, trained overwhelmingly on Western digital sources, *excludes most* human knowledge, from traditional medicine to Indigenous architecture.
GenAI contains profound gaps in knowledge. AI models, trained overwhelmingly on Western digital sources, *excludes most* human knowledge, from traditional medicine to Indigenous architecture.
Everything Is Television
Thoughtful article. Everything in media is converging toward television’s logic: a continuous, algorithm-driven flow of short-form video, produced for passive consumption rather than engaged, discrete interaction.
Thoughtful article. Everything in media is converging toward television’s logic: a continuous, algorithm-driven flow of short-form video, produced for passive consumption rather than engaged, discrete interaction.
Everything Is Television
A theory of culture and attention
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October 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Everything Is Television
Thoughtful article. Everything in media is converging toward television’s logic: a continuous, algorithm-driven flow of short-form video, produced for passive consumption rather than engaged, discrete interaction.
Thoughtful article. Everything in media is converging toward television’s logic: a continuous, algorithm-driven flow of short-form video, produced for passive consumption rather than engaged, discrete interaction.
The Last Days Of Social Media
Quality trumps virality! The future lies not in escaping social media entirely, but in rebuilding it around human connection rather than algorithmic exploitation.
Quality trumps virality! The future lies not in escaping social media entirely, but in rebuilding it around human connection rather than algorithmic exploitation.
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
buff.ly
September 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The Last Days Of Social Media
Quality trumps virality! The future lies not in escaping social media entirely, but in rebuilding it around human connection rather than algorithmic exploitation.
Quality trumps virality! The future lies not in escaping social media entirely, but in rebuilding it around human connection rather than algorithmic exploitation.
Proper bleeding-edge deep-tech using decades-old technology 🚀
“This is quantum computing’s silicon moment ... demonstrates you can build a robust, functional quantum computer using the world’s most scalable technology, which can be mass-produced.”
“This is quantum computing’s silicon moment ... demonstrates you can build a robust, functional quantum computer using the world’s most scalable technology, which can be mass-produced.”
World-first quantum computer made with standard laptop chips launched
A UK startup has built the world's first quantum computer made with the same silicon chip technology used in laptops and smartphones.
buff.ly
September 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Proper bleeding-edge deep-tech using decades-old technology 🚀
“This is quantum computing’s silicon moment ... demonstrates you can build a robust, functional quantum computer using the world’s most scalable technology, which can be mass-produced.”
“This is quantum computing’s silicon moment ... demonstrates you can build a robust, functional quantum computer using the world’s most scalable technology, which can be mass-produced.”
Honda Unexpectedly Enters the Space Race With First Successful Rocket Launch buff.ly/6p6UBT1
Honda Unexpectedly Enters the Space Race With First Successful Rocket Launch
The surprise announcement marks a significant milestone toward the Japanese car manufacturer's goal of achieving suborbital spaceflight by 2029.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Honda Unexpectedly Enters the Space Race With First Successful Rocket Launch buff.ly/6p6UBT1
Diverging AI bets detail two-lane future buff.ly/iwlHr8n
Diverging AI bets detail two-lane future
And: Sometimes playing the game on the field is an error.
buff.ly
June 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Diverging AI bets detail two-lane future buff.ly/iwlHr8n
ChatGPT future just revealed — get ready for a ‘super assistant’ buff.ly/z6qD7Ee
ChatGPT future just revealed — get ready for a ‘super assistant’
Here's how OpenAI plans to level up ChatGPT
buff.ly
June 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
ChatGPT future just revealed — get ready for a ‘super assistant’ buff.ly/z6qD7Ee
"They must identify their true power users and create indispensable value for those segments rather than chase universal adoption."
Thoughtful article on the retention issues for AI, worth a read.
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Thoughtful article on the retention issues for AI, worth a read.
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The AI Retention Paradox
Open source thoughts on startups and technology. Thrive is a mix of consultancy and advisory and holding company for high-growth software projects. It's owned and operated by Carl Cortright.
buff.ly
May 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"They must identify their true power users and create indispensable value for those segments rather than chase universal adoption."
Thoughtful article on the retention issues for AI, worth a read.
buff.ly/Tue0cKN
Thoughtful article on the retention issues for AI, worth a read.
buff.ly/Tue0cKN
Sundar Pichai on the earnings call: more than 25% of all new code at Google is now generated by Al, then reviewed and accepted by engineers.
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buff.ly/1Xn9myO
Thread by @AndrewCurran_ on Thread Reader App
@AndrewCurran_: Update from today's earnings call. More than 1/3 of all code at Google is now generated by AI.
buff.ly
April 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Sundar Pichai on the earnings call: more than 25% of all new code at Google is now generated by Al, then reviewed and accepted by engineers.
buff.ly/1Xn9myO
buff.ly/1Xn9myO
"Get the system architecture right first. Document it, streamline it and test it. Then divide the components into small pieces and let AI finish the work. Fixing a defective brick is far more cost effective than re-architecting an entire building."
seths.blog/2025/04/tech...
seths.blog/2025/04/tech...
Technical debt and AI slop
Technical debt is easy to incur. It’s unnecessary added features, undocumented code, support for outmoded interactions and anything that slows down your ability to update and upgrade your wor…
ift.tt
April 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Get the system architecture right first. Document it, streamline it and test it. Then divide the components into small pieces and let AI finish the work. Fixing a defective brick is far more cost effective than re-architecting an entire building."
seths.blog/2025/04/tech...
seths.blog/2025/04/tech...
The industrialization of IT
"If we think that software engineering is protected from industrialisation because there's craft in the work, I think we're in for a brutal surprise."
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"If we think that software engineering is protected from industrialisation because there's craft in the work, I think we're in for a brutal surprise."
benn.substack.com/p/the-indust...
The industrialization of IT
Yeah, we’re going to lose our jobs.
buff.ly
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The industrialization of IT
"If we think that software engineering is protected from industrialisation because there's craft in the work, I think we're in for a brutal surprise."
benn.substack.com/p/the-indust...
"If we think that software engineering is protected from industrialisation because there's craft in the work, I think we're in for a brutal surprise."
benn.substack.com/p/the-indust...
Apple Readies Its Biggest Push Into Health Yet With New AI Doctor
Apple Readies Its Biggest Push Into Health Yet With New AI Doctor
Apple is preparing its biggest health care push to date with a revamped app and AI doctor service. Also: The company is testing an M5 iPad Pro for release as early as this year, its 2025 developers…
buff.ly
April 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Apple Readies Its Biggest Push Into Health Yet With New AI Doctor
The death of the stubborn developer buff.ly/3VBY0k2?
The death of the stubborn developer
How stubborn developers are getting left behind by refusing to adopt chat-oriented programming (CHOP) as their primary development approach.
buff.ly
April 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The death of the stubborn developer buff.ly/3VBY0k2?
How AI generated code compounds technical debt
How AI generated code compounds technical debt
GitClear’s latest report exposes rising code duplication and declining quality as AI coding tools gain in popularity.
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
How AI generated code compounds technical debt
"LLMs are good at the things that computers are bad at, and bad at the things that computers are good at". Good read about the limitations of Deep Research (and other similar LLM-based tools) buff.ly/412RAwq?
The Deep Research problem — Benedict Evans
OpenAI’s Deep Research is built for me, and I can’t use it. It’s another amazing demo, until it breaks. But it breaks in really interesting ways.
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"LLMs are good at the things that computers are bad at, and bad at the things that computers are good at". Good read about the limitations of Deep Research (and other similar LLM-based tools) buff.ly/412RAwq?
Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI
Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI
Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube's kids content
buff.ly
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI
Are better models better? — Benedict Evans
Are better models better? — Benedict Evans
Every week there’s a better AI model that gives better answers. But a lot of questions don’t have better answers, only ‘right’ answers, and these models can’t do that. So what does ‘better’ mean,…
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Are better models better? — Benedict Evans
DeepSeek might not be as disruptive as claimed, firm reportedly has 50,000 Nvidia GPUs and spent $1.6 billion on buildouts
DeepSeek might not be as disruptive as claimed, firm reportedly has 50,000 Nvidia GPUs and spent $1.6 billion on buildouts
The fabled $6 million was just a portion of the total training cost.
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
DeepSeek might not be as disruptive as claimed, firm reportedly has 50,000 Nvidia GPUs and spent $1.6 billion on buildouts
Sam Altman’s Stargate is science fiction
Sam Altman’s Stargate is science fiction
A great narrative built on shaky ground.
buff.ly
February 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sam Altman’s Stargate is science fiction
Is the real opportunity in AI is not in models but in compute?
Bonus Clouded Judgement - Inference Time Compute
What a last few days in AI land!
buff.ly
January 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Is the real opportunity in AI is not in models but in compute?
This is where the data to build AI comes from
This is where the data to build AI comes from
New findings show how the sources of data are concentrating power in the hands of the most powerful tech companies.
buff.ly
January 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is where the data to build AI comes from
Nvidia's Project Digits is a 'personal AI supercomputer' | TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3PmGpt9?
Nvidia's Project Digits is a 'personal AI supercomputer' | TechCrunch
At the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nvidia unveiled Project Digits, a device it's calling a 'personal AI supercomputer.'
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January 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Nvidia's Project Digits is a 'personal AI supercomputer' | TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3PmGpt9?
Excellent points here: You don't understand AI agents
buff.ly
December 19, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Excellent points here: You don't understand AI agents
Nvidia launches most affordable generative AI supercomputer at $249
Nvidia launches most affordable generative AI supercomputer at $249
Nvidia launches the $249 Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, delivering a 1.7x boost in generative AI performance.
buff.ly
December 18, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Nvidia launches most affordable generative AI supercomputer at $249
Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features https://buff.ly/49A9smb?
Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features
Google barrels ahead with a push into AI systems that take action for you.
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features https://buff.ly/49A9smb?