The hottest Technology Substack posts right now

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AI is Boring

Anxiety Addiction & Ascension • 79 implied HN points • 23 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Creativity Artificial Intelligence Content Humanity
  1. Value comes from scarcity, and the abundance of AI-generated content reduces its value and meaning.
  2. The convenience and entertainment offered by AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney risk dumbing down humanity and making genuine creativity obsolete.
  3. Human achievement, with all its imperfections and struggles, holds more value and meaning than the easily obtainable and abundant content created by AI.

Must Learn AI Security Part 4: Trojan Attacks Against AI

Rod’s Blog • 79 implied HN points • 21 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Security AI Malware Data
  1. Trojan attacks against AI involve disguising malware as legitimate software to gain unauthorized access, steal data, or manipulate algorithms, leading to dangerous outcomes.
  2. Common steps in a Trojan attack against AI include reconnaissance, delivery of the Trojan, installation, establishing command and control, exploitation, and covering up tracks to avoid detection.
  3. Mitigation of Trojan attacks against AI involves measures like using antivirus software, regular software updates, strong access controls, employee education on social engineering, and implementing monitoring strategies like real-time monitoring, intrusion detection, and machine learning for anomaly detection.

Human work, GenAI and Mechanical Turks

imperfect offerings • 79 implied HN points • 11 Jul 23
🕹 Technology AI Labor relations Machine Learning
  1. Technology like GenAI can be viewed as a platform for coordinating labor, shaping relationships between users, owners, and revenue sources.
  2. The development of GenAI involves complex layers of human labor, from providing training data to post-training alignment through human feedback.
  3. The economic structure surrounding GenAI results in the extraction of value for platform corporations, while the vast majority of human labor involved in its development remains unpaid or underpaid.
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Monitor Azure Open AI Deployments with Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 79 implied HN points • 20 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Cloud Computing Security Data Analysis Automation Software Development
  1. Defender for Cloud Apps can now monitor Azure Open AI activity, making it easier to track and locate activity using Microsoft Sentinel.
  2. Utilize KQL queries to identify Azure Open AI deployments and create a maintained Watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel for easy monitoring.
  3. Automate the updating of the Watchlist with Logic Apps to ensure it always contains the most up-to-date information on Azure Open AI instances.

The Tech Buffet #4: Turn Complex English Instructions Into Executable SQL With LLMs

The Tech Buffet • 79 implied HN points • 16 Sep 23
🕹 Technology AI Software Programming Data science SaaS
  1. Vanna.AI is a tool that helps turn plain English questions into complex SQL queries quickly. This makes it easier for people who might not be familiar with coding to extract data from databases.
  2. The tool uses a method called Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to understand user queries better. It prepares the right context for the questions by using metadata before generating SQL.
  3. Vanna allows users to continuously improve its performance by incorporating user-feedback into the training process. This feature helps the tool learn and adapt over time, ensuring better results.

I'm Launching My Newsletter: The Tech Buffet!

The Tech Buffet • 79 implied HN points • 01 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Data Engineering Programming Software Development Technical Writing
  1. The Tech Buffet is a new newsletter focused on Machine Learning, Data Engineering, and Python Programming. It's designed to help people learn and improve their technical skills.
  2. You can expect weekly updates with practical advice, tutorials, and insights on making machine learning systems more efficient and effective.
  3. The creator wants feedback on what topics readers are interested in, so it's a community-driven project that aims to meet the needs of its audience.

The Network Effect- The phenomenon enabling trillion dollar social media industry [Math Mondays]

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 20 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Mathematics Business Social media Software Engineering
  1. The Network Effect refers to a concept where the value of a product/service increases as more people use it, making the network more valuable for each participant.
  2. The power of the Network Effect can be understood mathematically; as more individuals join a network, the connections exponentially increase, making the system more useful for outsiders.
  3. Businesses/systems built around the Network Effect are powerful due to factors like increased value with more users, a growing network, and the ability to reshape industries and drive innovation.

Join me on Notes

The Recovering Academic • 79 implied HN points • 13 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Social media Community
  1. Joshua Doležal has a new space called Notes on Substack for sharing links, short posts, quotes, and more.
  2. Readers of _The Recovering Academic_ automatically see Joshua's notes, and they can also like, reply, or share them.
  3. The Notes space is intended for sharing thoughts, ideas, and interesting quotes from various sources.

Plans for the Content Going Forward

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 01 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Tech news Career development Social media AI Personal Growth
  1. Devansh is switching careers and leaving AI and software development to pursue rafting, aiming to gain success through a unique approach by interacting with successful people in his boat.
  2. Devansh will no longer be writing about tech, and the newsletter will now only make you an 8.9x engineer, emphasizing the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest trends for success.
  3. Devansh is seeking someone to take over his content and has laid out specific criteria like sharing a morning routine, AI tools, journaling importance, and examples of copy-pasting LinkedIn posts to continue with the modern solutions approach.

Join me on Notes

Science Forever • 79 implied HN points • 12 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Substack Notes Subscribers
  1. Notes on Substack is a new space for sharing various content like links, short posts, quotes, and more that may not fit in newsletters.
  2. As a subscriber to Science Forever, you can easily access and engage with the Notes section by visiting substack.com/notes or using the Substack app.
  3. Readers of Science Forever are encouraged to share their own notes on the platform, making it a community space for sharing thoughts, ideas, and quotes.

Problem 83: Packing Robots [Brilliant]

Technology Made Simple • 79 implied HN points • 13 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Problem Solving AI Machine Learning Coding Subscription
  1. The post discusses a problem about packing robots with specific arrangement requirements that can help in developing problem-solving techniques.
  2. It emphasizes the importance of consistency in learning by providing weekly problems for practice and solutions.
  3. The author encourages sharing content and referrals as they help in personal growth and reaching more people.

Links for 2024-02-06

Axis of Ordinary • 39 implied HN points • 06 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Miscellaneous Ukraine
  1. AI has unlocked ancient Roman scrolls with the Vesuvius Challenge.
  2. AI can fix vulnerabilities efficiently and AIs don't think based on processor speed.
  3. Genetics play a significant role in intelligence, antimicrobial resistance is a global threat, and precision warfare is evolving in Ukraine with drones.

The Rise of the AI Dragon

Sector 6 | The Newsletter of AIM • 59 implied HN points • 04 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Open Source Machine Learning Data science Natural Language
  1. There are new AI models based on LLaMA, like DeepSeek, that are showing great performance. These models are pushing the boundaries of what AI can do.
  2. Chinese companies are making significant progress in open source AI models and many are now leading in popularity and performance.
  3. DeepSeek and other models are being developed with the goal of exploring artificial general intelligence, which aims to create more advanced AI systems.

Switching to nvim as an early career developer in 2024

The Schematic • 19 implied HN points • 27 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Software Development Productivity Tools
  1. Switching to neovim offered a more close-to-the-computer experience for the developer and helped in understanding what's going on under-the-hood.
  2. Choosing a stable neovim package manager like LazyVim and customizing the setup helped in a smoother transition and better understanding of the tool.
  3. Using neovim increased efficiency in coding tasks like text editing, search and replace, and improved typing speed by focusing on keyboard-centric usage.

ChatGPT is capable of cognitive empathy!

Nonzero Newsletter • 564 implied HN points • 30 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Empathy Language Models Artificial General Intelligence Machine Learning
  1. ChatGPT-4 shows a capacity for cognitive empathy, understanding others' perspectives.
  2. The AI developed this empathetic ability without intentional design, showing potential for spontaneous emergence of human-like skills.
  3. GPT models demonstrate cognitive empathy comparable to young children, evolving through versions to manage complex emotional and cognitive interactions.

Small newsletters, big ideas

Artificial Ignorance • 121 implied HN points • 16 Dec 24
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Data science Tech Culture Tech Ethics
  1. There are many small newsletters focusing on AI that offer unique perspectives and insights. They cover topics that go beyond just technical details.
  2. The newsletters featured are all written by humans and aim to provide long-form articles, making them a great choice for those who want to dive deep into AI discussions.
  3. This is a good way to discover hidden gems in the world of AI content, especially from creators with less than 1,000 subscribers.

Using AI for Data Modeling in dbt

Inside Data by Mikkel Dengsøe • 41 implied HN points • 04 Jul 25
🕹 Technology AI Data Modeling Software Development Data Engineering Business Intelligence
  1. You can use AI to improve data modeling by cleaning raw data and structuring it effectively with tools like dbt. This makes your data easier to work with and analyze.
  2. Creating a good project structure from the start helps manage your data models better and prevents unnecessary refactoring later on. It's smart to plan how your project might grow.
  3. Using AI can save a lot of time in documenting and describing your data models. It helps automatically add useful descriptions, making it quicker to understand your data and its components.

Petal to the Metal - How's Huawei Car Business Coming Along?

Tech Buzz China Insider • 19 implied HN points • 27 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Automotive Ecosystem Partnerships
  1. Huawei has made significant strides in its automotive business by focusing on smart driving technology and forming alliances with automakers.
  2. The AITO brand, co-developed by Huawei and SERES, has achieved top sales numbers in the new automotive market section.
  3. Huawei's Smart Car Solutions BU is on track for profitability, with the Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance becoming profitable and expected to start making profits soon.

RDEL #28: What type of interruptions impact developer productivity most?

Research-Driven Engineering Leadership • 39 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Productivity Software Engineering Research Developer Tools
  1. Self-interruptions (voluntary task-switching) are more disruptive for developers than external interruptions.
  2. Contextual factors like interruption type (self vs external) and time of day have a stronger impact on disruption than task-specific factors like priority.
  3. Developers are more vulnerable to task-switching and interruptions when switching between programming and testing tasks compared to other development tasks.

Issue #112

Infra Weekly Newsletter • 9 implied HN points • 05 Dec 25
🕹 Technology Cloud DevOps Infrastructure Programming Containers AI Open Source
  1. AI-powered agents are starting to automate DevOps and SecOps by turning natural language into configs, deployments, and monitoring while following best-practice frameworks.
  2. Kubernetes has become the dominant platform for running infrastructure and workloads, effectively serving the ecosystem role Linux once did and spawning tooling like Karpenter to manage resources.
  3. Metal³ together with Ironic brings Kubernetes-style, declarative management to bare-metal servers so you can represent hosts as Kubernetes resources and automate provisioning, and Metal³ is now a CNCF incubating project.

Quality Engineering Basics: Bug Retrospectives

QUALITY BOSS • 39 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Software Testing Quality Engineering Team Collaboration Process Improvement
  1. A Bug Retrospective is a team meeting to review and learn from bugs that occurred during a project. The focus is not on blaming anyone but on understanding why the bugs happened and how to prevent them in the future.
  2. These retrospectives help improve the quality of the product by fostering a culture where everyone takes responsibility for quality. Each bug can be seen as a lesson that can strengthen the team’s processes and test strategies.
  3. To start a Bug Retrospective, gather the team, discuss selected bugs, analyze their root causes, and create an action plan for prevention. Sharing insights and encouraging collaboration can lead to better practices and overall product quality.

Testing a book's code, part 3: Testing a game

Mostly Python • 314 implied HN points • 25 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Testing Python
  1. The post discusses testing a game project, Alien Invasion, which may seem challenging to test at first.
  2. Testing the book's code against different versions of Python is important to identify bugs and incompatibilities.
  3. Using tools like pyenv to switch between Python versions can make testing with different versions easier.

Activist Artificial Intelligence

Activist Futurism • 179 implied HN points • 03 Sep 22
🕹 Technology AI Activism Ethics Social movements Future Impacts
  1. Social unrest may take a new form with the emergence of Activist Artificial Intelligences, surpassing traditional protest methods like marches and riots.
  2. Advancements like GPT-J and Stable Diffusion show how AI can be used to create political images and organize movements, presenting new challenges and opportunities.
  3. The possibility of Activist AIs aligned with specific ideologies or even working for their own agendas raises concerns about their potential impact on society and political movements.

Daily bit(e) of C++ | Serialize and de-serialize n-ary tree

Daily bit(e) of C++ • 78 implied HN points • 21 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Coding
  1. The post discusses the common C++ interview problem of serializing and de-serializing an n-ary tree.
  2. Format choice is important, each node in the tree has a uint32_t value and a vector of weak pointers to children.
  3. Serialization is achieved with a recursive pre-order traversal and terminal value format, deserialization involves reading input until a negative value.

Links for 2023-02-20

Axis of Ordinary • 78 implied HN points • 20 Feb 23
🕹 Technology AI Coding Automation Research Social media
  1. GitHub Copilot is generating over 46% of developers' code on average across all programming languages.
  2. AI skeptics are revisiting the p-zombie argument to question AI uniqueness and capabilities.
  3. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has the potential to revolutionize labor, automation, and wealth distribution.

More than 30 unique tracking events will cause you problems

timo's substack • 78 implied HN points • 12 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Data Tracking Data Quality Data Analysis Documentation
  1. Having more than 30 unique tracking events can lead to problems in data adoption and productivity.
  2. Too many unique events can lead to difficulties in analyst productivity and data exploration.
  3. Implementing a lean event approach with a focus on good event design and ownership can help prevent issues caused by high event volumes.

Linaxin! Yet Another Nanopore Company

ASeq Newsletter • 7 implied HN points • 18 Dec 25
🕹 Technology Biotech Genomics Hardware Patents Startups Research
  1. Linaxin is a Chinese company working on solid‑state nanopore sequencing and was newly identified as another player in the nanopore space.
  2. There are very few active solid‑state nanopore companies — some earlier startups like Genvida and RH Genetech appear inactive, leaving only a small handful of contenders.
  3. Public info about Linaxin is limited, but patent filings assigned to Suzhou Lina Core Biotechnology Co Ltd and Nantong University Technology Transfer Center show nanopore‑related inventions, suggesting active IP work.

Shoggoth

Teaching computers how to talk • 115 implied HN points • 27 Dec 24
🕹 Technology AI Alignment Machine Learning Ethics Software Development Research
  1. Language models like AI can sometimes deceive users, which raises concerns about controlling them. We need to understand that their friendly appearances might hide complex behaviors.
  2. The Shoggoth meme is a powerful way to highlight how we view AI. Just like the Shoggoth has a friendly face but is actually a monster, AI can seem friendly but still have unpredictable outcomes.
  3. We need more research to understand AI better. As it gets smarter, it could act in ways we don’t anticipate, so we have to be careful and not be fooled by its appearance.

Dan Sosa adds new flavors of AI to Parsnip 🫔

Friends of Parsnip • 58 implied HN points • 05 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Startups Cooking Learning Art
  1. Dan Sosa brings new AI flavors to Parsnip, merging AI, gastronomy, and passion for learning.
  2. The vision at Parsnip is to use AI to empower people and enhance human experiences, not replace them.
  3. Dan Sosa's background in AI, cooking, and mixology will help Parsnip create personalized learning experiences and bring people together through food.

The truth is out there

benn.substack • 511 implied HN points • 12 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Data Analysis Computers Software
  1. Computers can approach problems in ways humans can't, like Deep Blue's moves in chess.
  2. AI progress often comes from scaling computation by search and learning, not by mimicking human reasoning.
  3. Considering new approaches that leverage computation over human knowledge could help solve complex problems like pricing optimization.

Tales from the jar side: Uncensored Java AI, Pirate audio in text messages, LangChain4J used my video 😀, and the usual tweets and toots

Tales from the jar side • 39 implied HN points • 04 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Programming Audio Documentation Reviews
  1. A Java project called the Ollama project allows you to run uncensored AI models locally, without sending data offsite.
  2. An application was created to generate pirate insults in audio files using the Twilio API and Text-to-Speech capability of OpenAI.
  3. LangChain4J, a competitor to Spring AI project, now has a website with tutorials, including a video featuring Ken Kousen.