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.
Babylon.js, artificial everything, and customer care?
Artificial terrestrial
Open games, open AI, and the state of open con with Amanda Brock
What happens when the living and the previously dead fall in love?
Welcome to twenty twenty wee hee
AI AI
Raytracing Llamas in the Metaverse - Interviews from Build Stuff
Kin Lane of Postman, announcearama, and tech loses its shine
IT Arena 2022 - Ukrainian tech braves the war
A legendary merge
Dotan Horovits of Logz.io, watch your heroes and the life of Clippy
Tiny CSS and Moore's magic Mac
Matt Butcher of Fermyon, GTA, Tauri, and is Veganism really that popular?
Apache Pulsar with Patrick McFadin
All-in-one friendly observability with groundcover
SBOMs and software security with Scribe
Live play - Battle of the Bards by Dustin Winter
A bumper bonus buffet
Kong, Koyeb, and Kuma
Amanda Brock of OpenUK
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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
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