Machines of Loving Grace

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Midweek greetings to all, as we unveil the 133rd chapter of Weekly Olio—a delightful concoction of laughter, insight, and a sprinkle of mystery. Within these pages, you'll discover a handpicked selection of fascinating finds from the vast realms of the internet.

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The Quote󠀢 💭

The Tweet 🐦

Tokki produces about 10 ELVESS machines annually, each costing over $100 million. These machines, unique to Tokki, are like super clean rooms longer than an Olympic pool. They add ultra-thin organic material layers, requiring vacuum chambers cleaner than operating rooms to avoid dust issues. The precision is akin to painting the Mona Lisa with 50-atom-thick brushstrokes on a large canvas, repeated millions of times yearly.

The Infographic 💹

The 3 classes of society: labor, gentry and elite. There are only ~60,000 "barbarians" or global elites in the world, with no allegiance to any country. They're in the "empire business".

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The Short Read 📝

New Junior Developers Can’t Actually Code - by Namanyay Goel

We're at an unusual point in software development. Almost every new developer I meet uses tools like Copilot, Claude, or GPT all the time. They're able to write and send out code more quickly than before. However, when I ask them about how well they understand the code they're working on, it becomes a bit worrying. Read more…

Here's the situation: Things are speeding up, and we can't stop it. Open source models are becoming more common, and soon we'll have advanced AI on our phones. But this doesn't mean we should become worse developers. The key is not just using AI, but using it wisely. Hopefully, we can blend AI's speed with the deep understanding we need to learn effectively.

The Long Read 📜

Machines of Loving Grace - by Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei is an Italian-American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, the company behind the large language model series Claude AI. He was previously the vice president of research at OpenAI.

This essay aims to describe what a positive future with powerful AI might look like if everything goes well. While no one can predict the future with certainty, and the impact of powerful AI is likely to be more unpredictable than past technological changes, this article makes educated guesses. The goal is to provide a useful vision that captures the essence of what might happen, even if some details are incorrect. Read more…

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