It’s been a while! I have decided to split my podcast and newsletter into two streams:
Every two weeks a news and resources round up. You’re reading it! I am not 100% sure where else I will archive those yet.
With that out the way, time to dig in. AI (of course), music, and SciFi this issue.
Rise of Local LLMs ? →In the not-so-distant past, dabbling in generative AI technology meant leaning heavily on proprietary models. The routine was straightforward: snag an OpenAI key, and you're off to the races, albeit tethered to a pay-as-you-go scheme.
Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why. →Two years ago, Yuri Burda and Harri Edwards, researchers at the San Francisco–based firm OpenAI, were trying to find out what it would take to get a language model to do basic arithmetic.
AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead →Since ChatGPT dropped in the fall of 2022, everyone and their donkey has tried their hand at prompt engineering—finding a clever way to phrase your query to a large language model (LLM) or AI art or video generator to get the best results or sidestep protections.
Build a Website with ChatGPT, byPaul McFedriesA new book published by Manning covers how to use OpenAI’s chatbot to build all you need for a website. How deep will it go?
“A generous update stuffed with ideas and real potential”: Ableton Live 12 Suite review →MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing products to help you choose the best music-making gear for you. Find out more about how we test.
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement →You've heard the call to action at the end of nearly every podcast you've ever listened to: "Listen to us on your favorite podcast app", or in the phrasing of podcaster extraordinare Roman Mars, "...wherever you find podcasts".
Lessons in instrument design from Star Trek →Editor’s Note: Longtime fans of this site may be familiar with its “tag line,” “Stop watching sci-fi. Start using it.
Marco Palladino of Kong, Sugar, Sobriety and Vegetarian Tech
The state of mobile networks with OpenSignal
KubeCon - Solo.io, Digital Ocean and Atlassian
KubeCon - IBM, Canonical and Rancher
Mark Marron of Bosque, Microsoft's new programming language
Matt Billman of Netlify, game playing AI, and Sim City hell
A Linux for Windows? Pengwin, Polymaths, Login and Coffee Pods
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The Caffeinated Cthulhu Desktop
Robocall hyphen king
Ranking full stop
Tendermint, Cosmos and developer-focused Blockchains
Revolutionising health data with Arkhn
Brian Platz of Fluree, the Feature Packed Blockchain-based Database
Ethical Robot Love Hack
Decentralised Privacy with Loki Network
Emulate History
Monique Morrow, missing aliens, and the death of RSS
15th January - Rachel Black of Lisk
Ben Goertzel of SingularityNET and Hanson Robotics
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Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
Lex Fridman Podcast