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New Week #116

New World Same Humans • 34 implied HN points • 18 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Future Society Innovation Work
  1. GPT-4 is a powerful AI tool that can perform various tasks like code writing and image reasoning
  2. The integration of GPT-4 into common software like Office 365 will lead to significant transformations in how knowledge and information are processed
  3. AI advancements challenge the role of human imagination, shifting focus towards creativity and human connection

Time, Culture & The Digital Age

The Digital Anthropologist • 19 implied HN points • 27 Jan 23
🎭️ Culture Time Technology Society Digital Work
  1. Humans and technology have always evolved together, impacting how we perceive and manage time.
  2. Historically, time management shifted with industrialization, affecting societal structures and workers' demands for fair hours and wages.
  3. In the Digital Age, time has become an economic unit tied to productivity, influencing work dynamics, laws about after-hours communication, and the rise of time-saving technologies like AI assistants.

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Curious futures (KGhosh) • 8 implied HN points • 17 Dec 23
🔬 Science People Tech Work Science AI
  1. People's lives may need to change due to extreme climate conditions
  2. Advancements in technology like AI chips and ransomware attacks
  3. AI plays a significant role in various sectors like organizations, consulting, and DIY projects

Future Bites #4

Year 2049 • 17 implied HN points • 17 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Work Transportation Creativity
  1. GPT-4 is a powerful AI model that can process text and images, but has limitations
  2. Google and Microsoft are incorporating AI into their office apps, reshaping how we work
  3. The Netherlands transitioned into a biking-friendly country for public safety, health, and the environment
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Thoughts on Edmund Phelps and Mass Flourishing

The Permanent Problem • 6 implied HN points • 20 Feb 24
🚌 Education Economics Philosophy Values Innovation Work
  1. Edmund Phelps coined the term 'mass flourishing' to describe the benefits of capitalism bringing nonmaterial rewards through grassroots innovation and job satisfaction.
  2. Phelps and the author both agree on judging social systems by opportunities for fulfilling lives, but differ in their visions of human flourishing, values, and solutions for enhancing mass flourishing.
  3. Phelps emphasizes the importance of innovation for flourishing, while the author argues for a broader definition that includes projects, experiences, and relationships, and suggests a future where work-life balance is achieved through economic independence.

Gradient Flow: Scalability, Privacy, and AutoML

Gradient Flow • 39 implied HN points • 21 May 20
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Infrastructure Virtual Events Work Recommendations
  1. Improving performance and scalability of data science libraries is crucial in the field. Tools like Pandas and Apache Arrow are popular choices for data scientists.
  2. Homomorphic Encryption (HE) is a promising technique for privacy-preserving analytics. It allows computation on encrypted data without decryption, but requires additional techniques for complex real-time models.
  3. Virtual conferences are becoming more prominent, offering opportunities to learn about AutoML, data tools, and industry insights from experts globally.

Gradient Flow #23: AI Liabilities, Data Quality, Robust Language Models

Gradient Flow • 19 implied HN points • 03 Dec 20
🕹 Technology AI Data Quality Machine Learning Tools Work
  1. Adversarial attacks in NLP models and computer vision models have been a growing concern, leading to research on generating defences and examples.
  2. Tools like the SDV library from MIT can generate synthetic data for testing various applications beyond just machine learning models.
  3. Companies and startups are increasingly addressing the importance of high-quality data through projects like Apache Griffin and Deequ.

Rabbit Holes 🕳 #33

Creative Destruction • 5 implied HN points • 17 May 23
🎭️ Culture Food Work Maps Climate Social justice
  1. Irritation can be a useful tool for reflection and insight, even if it feels annoying and inadequate.
  2. Quantitative aesthetics, focusing on numbers and stats, can overlook important aspects of life and inquiry.
  3. The decline in food diversity due to mass scaling and globalization poses risks to our food systems and resilience.

Deep Learning Platform, TinyML, Privacy ↔ Contact Tracing

Gradient Flow • 19 implied HN points • 07 May 20
🕹 Technology Deep Learning Machine Learning COVID-19 Virtual Conferences Work
  1. Deep learning models are being implemented in tiny devices with tools like TinyML for ultra-low-power systems.
  2. Distributed training for deep learning models is made simpler and cheaper with libraries like RaySGD.
  3. Technology like facial recognition for contact tracing can also raise concerns about privacy and mass surveillance.

Gradient Flow #24: Robots Are Listening, Funding Updates, Security for the Disoriented

Gradient Flow • 0 implied HN points • 17 Dec 20
🕹 Technology Security AI Machine Learning Funding Updates Work
  1. The Data Exchange podcast features discussions on security and privacy in AI, Responsible AI practices, and comparison of time-series databases.
  2. Machine Learning tools and infrastructure topics cover building gigascale ML feature stores, production monitoring architectures, and use of time-series databases.
  3. Funding updates include new startups introducing visual data computing, advancements in metadata management tools, and investments in AI companies like DataRobot.

Gradient Flow #14: Chatbots, the Hiring Pipeline, and the reliability of ML

Gradient Flow • 0 implied HN points • 30 Jul 20
🕹 Technology Virtual Conferences Work Recommendations
  1. The importance of building state-of-the-art chatbots for enterprises to improve customer interaction and experience.
  2. The impact of the global pandemic on the hiring pipeline for software engineers and the need for companies to remain competitive in talent acquisition despite economic challenges.
  3. The critical need for reliability in machine learning technology, particularly in areas like NLP models, hyperparameter tuning, and the computational limitations in deep learning.

Life on Lockdown, Next-gen Simulation Tools, and the Misinformation Apocalypse

Gradient Flow • 0 implied HN points • 02 Apr 20
🕹 Technology AI Machine Learning Work Recommendations
  1. Next-generation simulation software will incorporate deep reinforcement learning, which will likely play a significant role in the background.
  2. Enterprise applications of reinforcement learning show potential in recommendations, personalization, and business simulation modeling.
  3. Be cautious of privacy and security risks while working from home, including monitoring by employers and potential privacy breaches through remote work tools.

How to prepare your life for the Technological Singularity

The Future of Life • 0 implied HN points • 12 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Bioengineering Finance Work Health
  1. It's important to be creative and adaptable in your career as traditional jobs may disappear. Focus on gaining broad skills that allow you to be self-directed and entrepreneurial.
  2. Prepare for changes in wealth due to rapid technology growth. Diversifying your investments and being flexible with your assets can help secure your financial future.
  3. Health will move towards personalized medicine and bioengineering. Staying informed and proactive about your own health choices will be crucial as new treatments emerge.

Work and Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities

Psych • 0 implied HN points • 27 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mental health Work Interventions Research Policies
  1. Mental health issues are common in the workplace and have significant costs for individuals, employers, and society.
  2. The relationship between work and mental health is complex and requires more research and inclusive approaches.
  3. It's crucial to examine working conditions and their impact on mental disorders to promote mental health among workers.

GRANTED: Cat videos, honest men, and what your inbox says about you

Granted • 0 implied HN points • 01 May 16
🎭️ Culture Psychology Work Leadership Writing Emotions
  1. Princeton Psychology Professor outlined failures to provide perspective to others, showing the value of sharing setbacks alongside successes.
  2. Watching cat videos at work may improve productivity according to a study where participants worked longer after watching funny clips.
  3. Unhappiness at work isn't linked to email volume but to the timing of when emails are sent, and delays in responses can impact team morale.

GRANTED: August 2015 newsletter on work and psychology

Granted • 0 implied HN points • 15 Aug 15
🎭️ Culture Work Psychology Friendships Creativity Mentorship
  1. Personality traits like being an ambivert can have a significant impact on social interactions and energy levels.
  2. The quantity of friendships in your 20s and the quality of friendships in your 30s can predict well-being in later life.
  3. Cooperative behavior in kindergarten can predict future success like graduating from college and having a stable job at 25.

GRANTED: November newsletter on work and psychology

Granted • 0 implied HN points • 12 Nov 14
🏥 Health & Wellness Psychology Work Empathy Public Speaking Friendship
  1. The Benjamin Franklin Effect describes how someone turned a hater into a fan through giving, backed by psychological research.
  2. Social media affects our friendships and social interactions, impacting how many true friends we can have.
  3. Empathy is a crucial quality often misunderstood by leaders, leading to broken relationships and communication breakdowns.

The white-male effect

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 25 Sep 20
🎭️ Culture Friendship Work Music Internet Media
  1. The close friendship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her reporter friend showed remarkable devotion to principles and ethics.
  2. An exploration into how the 'white-male effect' in Silicon Valley leads to ignoring risks in pursuit of innovation.
  3. Investigations reveal the extent to which websites track user data, with tools available to uncover trackers and ad cookies.

Fragments, Chapter 11, pp.222-228 - Reading Club posting 40

Journal of Gurdjieff Studies • 0 implied HN points • 30 Jun 23
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Spirituality Work Self-study Magic
  1. Self-study in groups helps individuals by serving as mirrors to see their faults and recognize the need to awaken.
  2. Groups must work towards a common aim, be sincere with each other, and avoid sharing group teachings outside to keep the work effective.
  3. Members should strive to understand and work on their chief faults, realizing their own nothingness on the path of self-improvement.