Google Is Giving Away Some of the A.I. That Powers Chatbots ( www.nytimes.com )
More open-sourcing of LLMs.
How Jensen Huang’s Nvidia Is Powering the A.I. Revolution ( www.newyorker.com )
The ending genuinely scared me here, it's the same old we talk about. But still hard hitting.
Intro to Large Language Models - Andrej Karpathy ( youtu.be )
Why we fear uncertainty — and why we shouldn’t ( www.vox.com )
Photography Composition - Simplification and Negative Space ( youtu.be )
Love Ted Forbes, the way he speaks about art gets my creative juices flowing. Even though photogrophy isn't my primary creative language.
How To Be Good by Larissa McFarquhar ( www.newyorker.com )
This is like someone wrote down my most common train of thought. And it was written when I was 10 lol.
The Mighty Mouse: The Impact of Rodents on Advances in Biomedical Research ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov )
Confusion reigns in Pakistan’s rigged election ( www.economist.com )
Part 2: A Bob Dylan Reading List- A History of Literature Podcast ( www.podtrac.com )
Your humble podcaster-squirrel is back! Jacke considers the legacy of Charles M. Schulz, creator of Charlie Brown and Peanuts, and reflects on the difference between being "best known for" and "known for" an artistic endeavor. THEN Jacke continues the discussion of Bob Dylan and literature (is his music literature? is it not?...
Bob Dylan and Songs With Literary Power- The History of Literature Podcast ( www.podtrac.com )
What happened in the Sixties? How did singers of popular music transform from mere entertainers to the poetic bards of their generation? Were these songs literature? If so, what does that mean? And if not, what exactly are they? In this episode, Jacke talks to the authors of a new book, Poetic Song Verse: Blues-Based Popular...
Love Is Not a Permanent State of Enthusiasm: An Interview with Esther Perel ( www.newyorker.com )
Love her ppdcast too
An Asteroid Wiped Out Dinosaurs. Did It Help Birds Flourish? ( www.nytimes.com )
Migratory fish species are in drastic decline, a new UN report details ( www.sciencenews.org )
An ancient Australian air-breathing fish from 380 million years ago ( phys.org )
Who Lusts for Certainty Lusts for Lies ( www.etymonline.com )
An article on the Google Ngram Viewer, etymonline btw is one of my favourite online resources.
Horror Short Film "Other Side of the Box" ( youtu.be )
This channel ALTER posts horror short fipms and this is perhaps the best short film I've ever seen. 10/10 would recommend.
What is Relationism? Recognising Patterns in Football’s Alternative Paradigm. ( medium.com )
Bit of a long read but definitely worth reading.
If You Can't Beat 'Em ....... Join 'Em? Journalism in an AI World. ( chrt.fm )
The On The Media podcast is one of my favorites.
Playing Soccer in $1.50 Sandals That Even Gucci Wants to Copy ( www.nytimes.com )
Now I didn't expect plastic shoes to be good footwear for football!
The Story Of The Wobble-Seam, The Ball That Changed Cricket ( wisden.com )
A great article for fellow cricket nerds.
The Cult of AI ( www.rollingstone.com )
Forgot to share this. Discovered it through the hard fork podcast I think
Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to. ( www.vox.com )
Discovered on lemmy
The Transformative, Alarming Power of Gene Editing ( www.newyorker.com )
Paywalled, please use the 'bypass paywalls clean d' addon on firefox.
Jennifer Doudna Believes Crispr Is for Everyone ( www.wired.com )
Genetic editing is a topic I was recently fascinated by. Jenifer Doudna is someone who explains it very well. Also a Nobel Prize winner.