AI’s Latest Plot Twist: From Tattooing Robots to Nano-Drug Delivery (Plus, Did Apple Just Kill the Metaverse?)
This Week in Tech: Tattoo Artists Rebel, Microscopic Robots Make History, and Why Your Next Programming Session Might Just Be a Conversation
Dear Friend—
Another week, another (longish) list of things that happened in the world. Jeffrey is just coming back from a long trip that took him literally around the world, and I am just off for a few days of climbing in between a bunch of travel. So, let us get right in there—as the future won’t wait for tomorrow. :)
Have a beautiful day!
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Headlines from the Future
🐉 Who would have thought that AI would be a threat to the world of tattoo artists? Tattoo artists fume over AI designs: ‘Like doing sports on steroids’.
💇🏼 We heard of body image issues due to social media. Now we have hair image issues due to AI: AI-generated images creating unrealistic expectations, hairdressers say.
🧺 Your AI-powered robot can finally do the laundry: π0: Our First Generalist Policy.
⏳ Robots as small as a grain of sand, delivering drugs exactly where you need them? Science fiction? No more! Robots as small as a grain deliver drugs.
👨🏼💻 Want to build and train your own LLM? Here are all the ingredients: OpenCoder: The Open Cookbook for Top-Tier Code Large Language Models.
🧑🏼🎓 And here you can learn how LLMs work: Understanding LLMs from Scratch Using Middle School Math.
🗣️ Actually, you don’t even need to know any of this—just use your voice to program: GitHub Spark lets you build web apps in plain English.
🙀 It had to come – we were warned: OpenAI and others seek new path to smarter AI as current methods hit limitations.And consider this: What if AI doesn’t just keep getting better forever?
🌍 We might be (much) closer than we think: Peak population may be coming sooner than we think.
🥽 You know it’s dead, when even Apple can’t make the Metaverse work: Tim Cook acknowledges: Apple’s latest flagship product isn’t for you. Production has ended.
What We Are Reading
💡 To Help Your Team Learn, Set Them Up For Productive Failure Finally, a workplace strategy that makes your most spectacular mess-ups look like pure genius - welcome to ‘productive failure,’ where today’s oops is tomorrow’s aha! @Jane
🐾 Nearly 2 In 5 Americans Say Their Pets Inspire Good Money Habits Pets greatly influence their humans’ behavior: Over half of Americans (57%) include their pets’ needs in long-term financial planning, and 34% of Millennials would turn down a higher-paying job to spend more time with their animal companions! @Mafe
🧠 How ChatGPT Search Paves The Way For AI Agents You’ve doubtless been hearing more and more about AI search and AI agents. OpenAI’s strategy makes it clear that they see one as a stepping stone to the other. @Jeffrey
🌾 It’s A Legacy Agriculture Company—and Your Newest AI Vendor Having evolved from a, rightly so, very careful utilization of publicly available AI tools, model makers are now collaborating closely with industry partners to develop industry-specific models with the required subject matter expertise. @Julian
💎 Diamonds Could Be The Most Unlikely Climate Heroes Solar geoengineering using diamond dust may be more effective than sulfur dioxide for cooling the planet, but it comes with a hefty estimated cost of $175 trillion. @Pedro
🔍 Investigating The Links Between Objective Social Media Use, Attentional Control, And Psychological DistressWe know social media is bad for your mental health, ability to focus, and so much more. But how bad is it? It turns out, it’s not (quite) as bad as the media (on social media, of course) makes it sound. @Pascal
The Fun Stuff
🕺🏼 If you’re craving more of Elon Musk’s acrobatic antics, Elon Jump is the perfect solution to satisfy your desires.
🐘 Turns out, elephants love a good prank too: This elephant learned to use a hose as a shower. Then her rival sought revenge.
🙀 Kids, check your URLs before you print them on your packaging: Mattel apologises after Wicked movie dolls mistakenly link to pornography website on packaging.
📹 Have you heard of the IMG_XXXX Youtube video series? No? Check this out: IMG_0416.
🔢 Can we say the largest prime before we discover the next? Let’s find out!
💻 The next time you are stuck on a Zoom call, remember: The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916.