The hottest Technology Substack posts right now

And their main takeaways
Category
Top Technology Topics

The little green "Active" dot.

Nate is Learning • 58 implied HN points • 20 Apr 23
🕹 Technology UX Culture
  1. The 'Active' dot in Slack can create a culture of optics and virtual micro-management.
  2. Some users appreciate the 'Active' dot as it shows extra effort put in.
  3. There can be a dilemma between catering to daily users and maintaining status quo for paying users.

Government as a Service

Engineering Open Societies • 58 implied HN points • 19 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Government Software Development Data Access Product Development API
  1. Governments struggle to build good software for citizens, with outdated technology and convoluted processes.
  2. Governments lack good product and software development practices, often using outdated methods and facing bureaucratic challenges.
  3. Governments have inadequate API and data access, causing issues for engineers and entrepreneurs trying to integrate with government systems.
Get a weekly roundup of the best Substack posts, by hacker news affinity:

#5 - Under the Gavel: Senate Hearing on AI + Connecticut's AI Law

Navigating AI Risks • 58 implied HN points • 20 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Governance Regulation Policy International Collaboration
  1. AI experts testified before the US Senate about the need for regulation, with varying proposals
  2. Connecticut introduced a law focusing on AI governance, including oversight bodies and policies
  3. Global discussions on AI governance are increasing, with various countries and organizations taking steps to address AI challenges

ACF: Introducing a New Framework for Classifying AI Capabilities

The A.I. Analyst by Ben Parr • 58 implied HN points • 15 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Frameworks Intelligence Development Assessment
  1. The AI Classification Framework (ACF) offers a new way to assess AI capabilities beyond the Turing test.
  2. The ACF evaluates AI based on eight modalities and aims to measure progress towards more advanced AI.
  3. Moving on from the outdated Turing test, the ACF provides a more relevant framework for understanding and developing AI.

Global Summitry for AI Safety + Will Responsible Scaling Policies Secure the Future?

Navigating AI Risks • 58 implied HN points • 03 Oct 23
🕹 Technology AI Governance Legislation Models Ethics
  1. Anthropic released a Responsible Scaling Policy for safe AI development, defining AI safety levels and associated risks.
  2. The upcoming UK AI Safety Summit will address misuse and loss of control risks associated with advanced AI models.
  3. The UK invited China to the summit, sparking debates on the global governance of AI and the role of different countries.

Ideas for angel investors #3

The Odin Times • 58 implied HN points • 30 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Investing Britain Research
  1. Be clear on your reasons for investing, focus on interesting journeys with great people, and aim for good overall returns.
  2. The craziest ideas can lead to big returns, so don't dismiss wild ideas right away. They may surprise you.
  3. When angel investing, figure out how you can provide valuable support to founders beyond just financial backing.

ChatGPT and Supply Chain: Podcast Guest, Three Lessons, and Research Opportunities

Mike Talks AI • 58 implied HN points • 13 Jun 23
🕹 Technology AI Supply Chain Podcast Research Data science
  1. Supply chain professionals can use ChatGPT as a 'loss leader' to educate leaders about AI's potential for supply chains.
  2. ChatGPT can help supply chain teams build more AI algorithms by breaking down syntax barriers and expanding team capabilities.
  3. Exploring how ChatGPT can turn vast supply chain data into valuable insights is an important research opportunity.

Brainstorming a Framework for Avatar-Centered Design

skry • 58 implied HN points • 09 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Design Metaverse NFTs Web3 Smart Contracts
  1. Avatar-Centered Design is essential in the metaverse and web3 to understand avatars' significance and influence.
  2. The increasing importance of digital avatars is driven by trends like self-expression, NFTs, and avatar interoperability.
  3. For Avatar-Centered Design, it's crucial to consider questions about avatar interoperability, value sources, and point of transfer.

Creating a serverless API using AWS Lambda and Node.js with TypeScript and Express.js

Rodrigo Kamada • 58 implied HN points • 22 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Programming Cloud Computing Serverless Node.js AWS
  1. Create a serverless API using AWS Lambda and Node.js with TypeScript and Express.js.
  2. Learn to configure an account on AWS Lambda, create access keys, build a Node.js application with Express.js, and deploy it on AWS Lambda.
  3. Test the serverless API on AWS Lambda by sending requests to the created routes.

Look Up: The World's First Virtual Factory

Exponential Industry • 58 implied HN points • 26 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Partnership
  1. Rockets, ships, and automobiles are advancing rapidly due to new propulsion and manufacturing technologies.
  2. Use of asset health data and digital twins is leading to sustainable business models in the manufacturing industry.
  3. 3D metal printing technologies, like rapid induction printing, are enabling cost-effective and safe production of parts of enormous size.

Embedding as a Service(EaaS) vs. Model as a Service(MaaS)

MLOps Newsletter • 58 implied HN points • 06 Aug 23
🕹 Technology AI Deployment Comparison
  1. Embedding as a Service (EaaS) provides access to pre-trained embeddings for tasks like NLP and is easy to use.
  2. Model as a Service (MaaS) offers pre-trained models for tasks like image classification and can be more accurate but may be more expensive.
  3. EaaS is cost-effective and offers flexibility, while MaaS provides models with higher accuracy and interpretability.

What It Feels Like Inside a 3D-Printed House

The Sunday Morning Post • 58 implied HN points • 05 Mar 23
🕹 Technology 3D Printing
  1. Walking through the doors of a 3D-printed house feels like stepping into a wonderland of innovative technology.
  2. 3D printing technology in housing is advancing rapidly, with bio-based materials and efficient assembly processes.
  3. The future of 3D-printed homes looks promising, offering potential solutions for affordable housing and eco-friendly living.

Stanford CRFM suggests moving to workflows rather than tasks for evaluation!

MLOps Newsletter • 58 implied HN points • 04 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Language Models Quantization AI Tools
  1. Stanford CRFM recommends shifting ML validation from task-centric to workflow-centric for better evaluation
  2. Google introduces Ro-ViT for pre-training vision transformers, improving on object detection tasks
  3. Google AI presents Retrieval-VLP for pre-training vision-language models, emphasizing retrieval to enhance performance

August 2023 safety news: Universal attacks, Influence functions, Problems with RLHF

AI safety takes • 58 implied HN points • 27 Aug 23
🕹 Technology AI Safety Research Scaling Ethics
  1. Understanding the origin of dangerous behavior in AI models can lead to training safer AI through the use of influence functions.
  2. Gradient-based attacks have become effective in breaking into language models and can even transfer between different models.
  3. Evaluating moral beliefs encoded in large language models can reveal inconsistencies and uncertainties, with safety-tuned models showing stronger preferences.

Beyond the Machine: Technology and Posthuman Freedom

Extropic Thoughts • 58 implied HN points • 07 May 23
🕹 Technology Philosophy Science Health & Wellness Art & Illustration Culture
  1. Humans are composed of mechanical parts, but that doesn't mean we are only machines.
  2. Technology can help us increase human freedom through advanced tools like genetic engineering and brain implants.
  3. Understanding our mechanistic origins can lead to self-improvement and increased self-definition, moving us towards a posthuman condition of self-creation.