The hottest Applications Substack posts right now

And their main takeaways
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Blockchain: Fad or future?

A Bit Gamey • 27 implied HN points • 30 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Blockchain Cryptocurrencies Applications Security Future
  1. Blockchain is a secure and tamper-proof way of storing information through a distributed database.
  2. Blockchain has diverse uses beyond cryptocurrencies, including financial transactions, supply chain management, healthcare, voting, and intellectual property.
  3. The future of blockchain involves potential applications like smart contracts, decentralized applications, IoT security, and government transparency, indicating it's more than just a passing trend.

Useful until we're useless

Lowly Midwestern Engineer's Newsletter • 44 implied HN points • 17 Feb 23
🕹 Technology AI Automation Progress Applications
  1. People expect AI to be perfect now, but we should focus on its value and improvement trends.
  2. AI has already changed lives in various fields like content creation, natural language search, and driving experiences.
  3. AI technology is rapidly improving, with bigger and more efficient models being developed, leading to potential future models that could outperform humans.
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July Newsletter

RSS DS+AI Section • 11 implied HN points • 03 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Data science Artificial Intelligence Ethics Research Applications
  1. The newsletter features updates on industrial strength data science, including committee activities and upcoming events.
  2. Ethics, bias, and diversity remain hot topics in data science and AI, with examples of generative AI misuse and intentional misuse.
  3. The newsletter includes practical tips, developments in research, and fun projects in the data science and AI field.

Bloom Filters and Beyond: An Illustrated Introduction and Implementation

Confessions of a Code Addict • 5 HN points • 05 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Data Structures Programming Algorithms Python Applications
  1. Bloom filters are efficient data structures for quick searches in large datasets and minimize memory usage, with a probabilistic approach to determining membership
  2. Bloom filters use hash functions and bit vectors to store data item membership information while conserving memory by not storing actual items
  3. Counting Bloom Filters are an extension that allow item deletion but come with weaknesses such as handling hash collisions and counter overflow, providing an advanced data handling tool

Update #45: Baidu's ChatGPT Rival and Machine Love

The Gradient • 9 implied HN points • 14 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Research Ethics Applications Innovation
  1. Baidu is launching an AI-powered chatbot to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT, highlighting the ongoing US-China technology competition.
  2. The history of US-China tech competition involves significant investments in AI, 5G, and emerging technologies since 2016.
  3. Researchers are exploring the concept of 'machine love' to guide AI systems towards supporting human flourishing and well-being.

My Top `X` 2023 Recommendations

Olshansky's Newsletter • 1 HN point • 07 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Devices Applications Books Blogs Newsletters Podcasts Experiences
  1. Daniel Olshansky shares his top 2023 recommendations in various categories like devices, applications, books, blogs, newsletters, podcasts, shows & movies, Instagram accounts, experiences, and videos.
  2. Some highlighted recommendations include the Remarkable2 Tablet, Levels Health CGM, snipd app, Fireflies.ai, Founders Podcast, BoJack Horseman show, Leo Moves Instagram account, and improv classes.
  3. Olshansky expresses enthusiasm for different tools, media, experiences, and content creators that have made an impact on his life and interests.

Group Theory Application Webinar Reminder

Quantum Formalism • 19 implied HN points • 23 Mar 22
🔬 Science Group Theory Applications Webinar Symmetry
  1. Don't miss the Group Theory application webinar today at 5pm GMT with Owen Tanner from Glasgow University.
  2. Register for Lecture 03 on the abstract notion of a 'zero element' at [https://www.crowdcast.io/e/group-theory-lecture-03](https://www.crowdcast.io/e/group-theory-lecture-03).
  3. Join the Discord community at [https://discord.gg/SPcmcsXMD2](https://discord.gg/SPcmcsXMD2) for group study sessions and interactions.

Vector Databases: Databases for the AI era

Engineering At Scale • 3 HN points • 15 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Databases AI Search Applications Conclusion
  1. Vector databases are trending in the tech industry, especially with AI applications and investments from various sources.
  2. Data can be classified into structured, semi-structured, and unstructured categories, each requiring different database solutions.
  3. Vector databases excel in handling unstructured data, like images and videos, providing specialized search capabilities for applications like recommendation systems and fraud detection.

Silicon Carbide: A Power Electronics Revolution

The Asianometry Newsletter • 3 HN points • 29 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Electronics Semiconductors Manufacturing Innovation Applications
  1. Silicon carbide is a powerful semiconductor with unique properties like wide bandgap and high temperature tolerance.
  2. Silicon carbide-based power electronics are revolutionizing the industry by enabling higher voltages and frequencies with lower power loss.
  3. Challenges in producing silicon carbide wafers have limited its adoption, but recent advancements are making it more commercially viable.

Update #46: GPT-4 and Modular Reasoning for Visual Question Answering

The Gradient • 2 HN points • 28 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Machine Learning Research Models Applications
  1. OpenAI announced GPT-4, a significant improvement over previous models, capable of accepting visual input.
  2. ViperGPT and VisProg use large language models to output executable programs for Visual Question Answering, enhancing interpretability and generalization.
  3. GPT-4 being integrated into various real-world products highlights the potential impact of advanced machine learning models on society and the workforce.

AI, Mass Evolution, and Weickian Loops

Irregular Ideas with Paul Kedrosky & Eric Norlin of SKV • 1 HN point • 31 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Evolution Applications Feedback loops Programming Languages
  1. Early technology development often starts with simple wrappers around new platforms
  2. Application evolution now involves more direct feedback from users, leading to rapid development
  3. AI applications are evolving quickly, moving away from wrappers towards more complex services, but rapid evolution may lead to destabilization

Why we shouldn't fear tech nationalism; copyright law will dominate the AI conversation in 2024; researchers develop AI tools that can evaluate college exams; everything you need to know about ChatGPT

Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica • 0 implied HN points • 05 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Ethics Applications Research Globalization
  1. Countries around the world are investing in AI initiatives to control their destinies, leading to a democratization of AI capabilities.
  2. Diverse organizations investing in AI programs globally accelerate innovation and address critical gaps not handled by Silicon Valley.
  3. Collaboration among nations in AI research, while maintaining ethics and governance, will lead to more breakthroughs and sharing of best practices.

An Introduction to LSTM with Attention Model

Data Science Daily • 0 implied HN points • 01 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Neural Networks Artificial Intelligence Data science Applications
  1. LSTM models are good for handling input sequences of varied length like in language modeling and translation.
  2. Attention models help LSTM models focus on important parts of a sequence, improving accuracy.
  3. Combining LSTM with attention models can lead to better predictions and performance in tasks like natural language processing and image captioning.

LLMs for Dummies

Digital Native • 0 implied HN points • 12 Oct 23
🕹 Technology AI Language Models Applications Training Data
  1. Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3 have rapidly improved in recent years, showing exponential growth in size and capability.
  2. LLMs work by translating words into numbers using word vectors stored in multidimensional planes, helping to capture relationships between words.
  3. There are various frameworks for LLM applications, such as solving impossible problems, simplifying complex tasks, focusing on vertical AI products, and creating AI copilot tools for faster and more efficient human work.

LifeGPT: Training a Psychic LLM to Predict Your Life

Alex Furmansky - Magnetic Growth • 0 implied HN points • 26 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Predictions Ethics Applications Future implications
  1. LifeGPT could predict specific life events like marriage or career paths with stunning accuracy.
  2. People may turn to AI like LifeGPT for decision-making and guidance instead of traditional sources like priests or psychics.
  3. LifeGPT's potential implications range from changing insurance pricing and healthcare to impacting relationships and careers.

Archetypes for AI

ML in Practice • 0 implied HN points • 11 Oct 23
🕹 Technology AI Robots Ethics Fiction Applications
  1. AI should enable humanity and not supersede it by interacting with us like empathy does.
  2. Archetypes for AI include AI overlords, companions or servants, and eye-level partners.
  3. Current AI lacks inner life and self-awareness, functioning more as subsystems or problem solvers.

Unlocking the Future of AI: Active Inference vs. LLMs

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 16 Nov 23
🕹 Technology AI Future Innovation Applications Governance
  1. Active Inference AI, based on the Free Energy Principle, represents a shift in AI, mimicking human brain function and continuous evolution, differing from static AI models.
  2. Large Language Models (LLMs) may excel in content creation but fall short in real-world applications due to lacking contextual awareness, explainability, and action-taking ability.
  3. Integration of Active Inference with HSML and HSTP in the Spatial Web forms a dynamic, self-evolving global network of intelligent agents, enabling governance frameworks and applications across various industries.

VERSES AI Demos Genius™ AI Platform: Pioneering the Future of AI with Active Inference

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 04 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Innovation Future Evolution Applications
  1. VERSES AI's Genius™ platform showcases a new direction for AI with Active Inference, First Principles AI, and Shared Intelligence.
  2. Genius™ breaks away from traditional AI by utilizing Active Inference, which enables real-time learning and adaptation similar to the human brain.
  3. The Hyperspatial Modeling Language (HSML) acts as a bridge between virtual and real-world entities, facilitating multidimensional knowledge processing for intelligent agents.

Startup Chief of Staff Program @ Equal Ventures

Equal Ventures • 0 implied HN points • 05 Oct 20
💼 Business Startup Venture Capital Career development Operations Applications
  1. Equal Ventures launched a program to connect early-career generalists with early-stage companies, offering Chief of Staff opportunities.
  2. Participants will get matched with startups, receive training to accelerate career growth, and possibly prepare for senior roles or founding their own company.
  3. The application is open to U.S. and Canada operators with tech startup, consulting, or finance experience, who are self-directed and data-driven.

Inside the world's first AI university; companies are using generative AI to improve their businesses; IEEE says AI will drive major tech advancements this year; Google releases open source Gemma LLM

Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica • 0 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Research Innovation Industry Applications
  1. The world's first AI university, MBZUAI, aims to educate AI leaders and conduct transformative research in various AI fields.
  2. AI is being used by companies to enhance business operations, boost creativity in the workplace, and drive major technological advancements according to IEEE.
  3. Google has released Gemma LLM as an open-source tool, contributing to the evolution of AI technology.