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Sci-fi writer Ted Chiang: ‘The machines we have now are not conscious’
When I ask Ted Chiang if he will sit down with me over lunch, his response — like the stories he writes — is succinct and precise: “I’d be happy to talk about the current moment in AI and how science fiction relates to it,” he writes back. “But I won’t talk about my personal …
Which are the Best and Worst Carbohydrate Foods? Part 2
If you eat food (or torture food labels) long enough, it will confess to anything. Data gives a ranked list of Carbohydrates. How can you apply Product Analytics and Product Management best practices to make data-driven decisions about your food or diet? If you skipped over the previous article to avoid getting into the weeds, …
How we improved the engineer onboarding process at Alan | by Camille Clipet | Alan Product and Technical Blog | Jun, 2023
Credits: Jetlinerimages At Alan, we have a structured onboarding in place. Our culture puts a strong emphasis on asynchronous work, which is crucial for our “work from anywhere” policy : many of our colleagues work remotely. Therefore, it’s very important that the newcomer feels surrounded and finds all the information they need for their first …
Show HN: JuxtaCode – native Git diff tool for macOS
I wanted to make a native Git diff tool that works “stand-alone” in the sense that you just need to point it at a repository and then you can select commits to compare and open files in a 3-way-merge tool. I’ve been finding it useful to have one app I can quickly switch to for …
View 3D fossils | VAMP
Step 1: Find the specimen you want. Step 2: Click in the bottom right corner of the black frame to expand the 3D viewer to full screen. Step 3: Explore the specimen in the 3D viewer. Use your mouse to drag and rotate the specimen to view it from any angle. Use your scroll button …
China’s Xi Jinping calls for greater state control of AI to counter ‘dangerous storms’ | China
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top officials have called for greater state oversight of artificial intelligence as part of work to counter “dangerous storms” facing the country, state media reported. The president and other ruling Communist party officials agreed at a meeting of the National Security Commission to “improve security governance of network data and …
Insilico gets IND approval for its AI-designed USP1 inhibitor
Insilico Medicine has made a significant breakthrough with its AI-designed USP1 inhibitor, ISM3091. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Insilico’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for this promising drug, marking a significant milestone for AI-assisted drug discovery. “The FDA’s acceptance of our IND for ISM3091 signifies that the FDA recognizes its potential …
Degrading UX to improve security hurts both UX and security
This image was generated by an AI tool (DALL-E) when given the prompt: “ice cream in a jar labeled ‘healthy’ ” The Security team completed a pentest on your legacy Java web application. They find 15 instances of XSS. How do you resolve this? Output encoding at each location means coordinating with a bunch of …
EU achieved independence from Russian fossil fuels
The European Union has announced that it has got rid of its dependence on Russian energy thanks to the EU’s plan to reduce gas consumption. Through the Joint European action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (REPowerEU), the EU confirmed its objective to reach independence from Russian fossil fuels well before the end of …
Boomer Who Quit 6-Figure Job to Avoid RTO Says Managers Are Threatened
Dennis C. sometimes worked remotely pre-pandemic and loved the switch to full-time remote work. When his office said he’d have to return three days a week, he decided to retire instead. Now he works remotely full time, and thinks it’ll slowly take over the future of work. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! …
