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.
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
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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
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Monique Morrow, missing aliens, and the death of RSS
15th January - Rachel Black of Lisk
Ben Goertzel of SingularityNET and Hanson Robotics
Chaos Engineering with Kolton Andrus of Gremlin
Monetising Health Data on the Blockchain with Embleema
The Future of 5G at 5GTechritory
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