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Working With AI: A concrete example
6 days ago
- AI is a powerful but potentially dangerous tool for development, with concerns over intellectual dulling and environmental impact.
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice problem illustrates developer over-reliance on AI, risking a lack of understanding in systems.
- A bug in hyperscript's parser showed AI's strength in investigation and test creation, but weakness in proposing clean solutions.
- A human's deep knowledge of the codebase was crucial to avoid technical debt and implement a proper fix.
- AI can help older developers compensate for memory and endurance issues, but may accelerate cognitive decline if over-relied upon.
The best response to AI slop and online noise is from Robin Williams
8 days ago
- The scene from 'Good Will Hunting' illustrates the difference between knowledge and lived experience.
- AI can accumulate information but lacks personal experience, emotions, and the ability to 'read the room'.
- Art and meaningful work stem from internal synthesis of personal experiences, not just external knowledge.
- Individuals should draw on their unique life moments to create authentic and impactful work in an age of AI-generated content.
- The performance of Robin Williams exemplifies how personal experiences bring depth and life to a script.
Breaking the Bird Barrier: Scientist Decodes Zebra Finch Language
5 days ago
- Dr. Julie Elie won the 2026 Coller-Dolittle Prize for decoding the core vocabulary of zebra finches, identifying 11 core calls and their meanings.
- Her research found that zebra finches use calls to announce identity and activities, recognizing each other through vocal signatures, and they confuse calls with similar meanings more than similar sounds.
- The prize, established in 2024, includes a $10 million grand prize for achieving two-way human-animal communication, and Elie's work used machine learning and behavioral experiments over more than a decade.
- Experiments showed birds learned to skip unrewarding calls, indicating they understand the meaning of their vocalizations, with Professor Jonathan Birch praising the rigorous methodology.
- Shortlisted projects included research on African striped mice using ultrasonic squeaks, bonobos combining calls into sequences, and interpreting chimpanzee vocalizations.
- Advances in AI and machine learning are accelerating animal communication research, with Jeremy Coller predicting a breakthrough by 2030 for two-way communication.
EU appears to find datacenter emissions easier to offset than lobbyists
a day ago
- Nvidia launches datacenter financing scheme allowing double payments.
- Adding more AI to companies leads to hiring more employees but not necessarily meeting business needs.
- SoftBank enters GPU rental market for AI training in the US.
- UN warns global AI governance is needed to prevent catastrophic risks.
- Oracle highlights multiple risk factors in its AI investments.
- Russian actors impersonate Signal support for phishing attacks; US takes down Iranian sites.
- Microsoft patches fail to fix zero-day attacks on SharePoint on-premises.
- DEF CON expands hacker efforts to protect critical infrastructure through the Franklin project.
- EQT acquires majority stake in Acronis for over $3.5 billion valuation.
- After ten years, corporate ransomware persists, making infosec a stable career choice.
- Collabora releases CODE 26.04 with Markdown and AI features for office suites.
- GIMP 0.54 is revived as a Flatpak for retro-computing enthusiasts.
- Bcachefs exits experimental status with performance improvements and Rust integration.
- France's digital sovereignty efforts face challenges in moving away from Microsoft.
- CentOS evolved from a hobby project to a default enterprise OS after community support.
- Netflix engineer open-sources Project Headroom to reduce AI costs.
Top Companies in the Global Hybrid Memory Cube High-Bandwidth Memory Market
16 hours ago
- AI, ML, and HPC drive demand for HBM/HMC due to high bandwidth and low latency needs.
- HBM market size estimated at USD 4.56B in 2025, projected to reach USD 36.6B by 2035 with 23.1% CAGR.
- Asia-Pacific dominates market due to semiconductor manufacturing in South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and China.
- North America shows fastest growth, fueled by hyperscale data centers and AI infrastructure.
- Key trends include AI-driven demand, shift to memory-centric architectures, and rapid evolution from HBM3 to HBM4.
- Top companies include Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, Micron Technology, Intel, and NVIDIA.
- 3D stacking and chiplet packaging technologies advance HBM integration and efficiency.
- HBM is critical in GPUs, AI accelerators, and data centers for handling parallel processing workloads.

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Working With AI: A concrete example

The best response to AI slop and online noise is from Robin Williams

Breaking the Bird Barrier: Scientist Decodes Zebra Finch Language

EU appears to find datacenter emissions easier to offset than lobbyists

Top Companies in the Global Hybrid Memory Cube High-Bandwidth Memory Market