Avatartwocoatflipped into AgingAvatarAvatarMar 14, 2023TikTok Is Changing What It Means to Be ‘Old’WIRED - Amelia TaitAs users play with Teenage Look filters and offer ways to appear younger, ageism on the app runs rampant. Kelsey Laurier doesn’t really get hate …
Avatartwocoatflipped into AgingAvatarAvatarOlder People Are Holding Nothing Back About What It's Really Like To Get OldYahoo Canada - BuzzFeedWith a little luck, all of us will be old one day. But until that day comes, it's hard to really know what it will be like. For example, what kind of …
Avatartwocoatflipped into ARFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCreating a Mixed Reality App for Meta Quest 3 Using Unity: A Step-by-Step Guidelinkedin.com - Satya devVenturing into the realm of mixed reality (MR) development can be an exciting experience, particularly with devices like the Meta Quest 3. This …
Avatartwocoatflipped into Computers/AI/RoboticsAvatarAvatarNew Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand TextQuanta Magazine - Anil AnanthaswamyFar from being “stochastic parrots,” the biggest large language models seem to learn enough skills to understand the words they’re …
Avatartwocoatflipped into Finance/BusinessAvatarAvatarJeff Bezos Says Living a Happy, Successful Life Comes Down to 4 Simple Thingsverified_publisherInc Magazine - Jeff HadenAdvice from Jeff Bezos on the power of kindness, avoiding lifelong regret, and creating flywheels that fuel success. Jeff Bezos. Amazon founder. Space tourist. Philanthropist. But, aside from his annual shareholder letters and an occasional conference attendee, not a prolific giver of advice. But …
Avatartwocoatflipped into Computers/AI/RoboticsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAI Safety Research Only Enables the Dangers of Runaway Superintelligencescientificamerican.com - Tamlyn HuntAfter underachieving for decades, artificial intelligence (AI) has suddenly become scary good. And if we’re not very careful it may become quite …
Avatartwocoatflipped into InterestingAvatarAvatarStay-at-Home Girlfriends Are Having a MomentThe Wall Street Journal. - Rory SatranThe typical stay-at-home girlfriend video opens on a young woman in a pristine apartment. At 8 a.m., she makes the bed and cooks pancakes for her boyfriend before he goes to work. After a green juice, it’s time for self care: a private Pilates reformer session and a microcurrent facial. Then, she …
Avatartwocoatflipped into FilmAvatarAvatarThe 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All TimeRolling Stone‘Tank Girl’ (1995) What would the post-apocalyptic world look like if the hero was a riot grrrl and the soundtrack was curated by Courtney Love? …
Avatartwocoatflipped into PhysicsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoVisualized: Subatomic Particles and Fundamental Forces of Naturevisualcapitalist.com - Mark BelanYou may be familiar with the idea that everything in the universe is made up of matter. If you take any object and zoom in to its molecular structure, …
Avatartwocoatflipped into Computers/AI/RoboticsAvatarAvatarA Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craftverified_publisherThe New Yorker - James SomersCoding has always felt to me like an endlessly deep and rich domain. Now I find myself wanting to write a eulogy for it. I have always taken it for granted that, just as my parents made sure that I could read and write, I would make sure that my kids could program computers. It is among the newer …
Avatartwocoatflipped into MarsAvatarAvatarMars Needs Insectsverified_publisherThe New York Times - Sarah ScolesAt first it was just one flower, but Emmanuel Mendoza, an undergraduate student at Texas A&M University, had worked hard to help it bloom. When this five-petaled thing burst forth from his English pea plant collection in late October, and then more flowers and even pea pods followed, he could also …
Avatartwocoatflipped into Computers/AI/RoboticsAvatarAvatarSam Altman’s Second Coming Sparks New Fears of the AI ApocalypseWIRED - Peter Guest, Morgan MeakerFive days of chaos at OpenAI revealed weaknesses in the company’s self-governance. That worries people who believe AI poses an existential risk and …