Curated Commons // Edition 119
Welcome to the 119th edition of Curated Commons! Thank you for subscribing (if you haven't yet, what are you waiting for?). I hope you will find the content interesting and engaging. Please do share it on your social networks if you find it so. It's free and ad-free. Happy reading ($ indicates potential paywall).
Be worried, very worried
Greenland’s glaciers are apparently melting 100x than estimated! - Read here
Use AI to write code? Might be more buggy than usual
Insecure and buggy code - that might be the result when developers use AI tools to write code. Essentially, AI that seeks to replace jobs will likely create new roles to quality check the code produced by AI. - Read here
Is Generative AI ‘an engine for creation of infinite entertainment’?
Interesting piece on how we are in an age of infinite entertainment, thanks to Generative AI - Read here
How do you pick winning teams?
Is it all data? Or is it all human intuition? Or is it a combo? Or is it plain luck? Good piece drawing in lessons from Cricket. - Read here ($)
Porsche believes Synthetic Fuels will play a role in our green future
Not all cars will turn into EVs in the near-term. What do we do with the billion+ cars with internal combustion engines? Porsche thinks synthetic fuels can help. - Read here
‘Base editing’ to cure an ‘incurable’ cancer
Genetics has advanced tremendously in the last decade or so, and no better proof than this story where doctors used a new technique invented only a few years ago to help her recover completely from a cancer thought to be incurable. - Read here
WiFi, but for saving your life. Literally.
Fascinating new research that suggests WiFi routers can help determine if someone in a room is struggling to breathe. - Read here
Will ChatGPT mean the end of open research in deep learning?
Good thread from someone deeply experienced in the Google ways of thinking.
Should your robot pay a tax? Is your ____ a robot?
Is the solution to growing income inequality a tax on robots? A new MIT study thinks so. If so, what is a robot? - Read here
US playing whack-a-mole with Chinese Semi companies
Interesting perspective suggesting the US understands the Chinese semi supply chain so deeply they are able to take targeted action against upcoming companies too, not just the biggies. - Read here ($)
Will OpenAI be the new App Store?
Been a while since we’ve added a new existence tax. Why not. Good read on new theories of AI - Read here
Have mobile games peaked?
Set to decline for first time - Read here ($)
The mobile games market is set to decline this year for the first time since the beginning of the smartphone era, as the once fast-growing sector is hit by rising advertising costs, a drop in consumer spending and the end of the coronavirus pandemic’s boost to player engagement.
More Interesting Reads:
Microsoft is investing in the London Stock Exchange. Will this finally mean some threat to Bloomberg? - Read here($)
These CEOs and their reluctance to leave their chair! How Disney’s Bob Iger undermined his hand-picked succesor, and returned back to the role - Read here ($)
Chrome extensions, and paid products, off of GPT-3 are now going live. Interesting app to help you write emails better - Read here
Where you have AI-generated content, you are bound to have tools to check for AI-generated content. Not sure how good it is, but one such tool is here
Hackers are apparently swatting victims and taunting cops through Ring doorbell cameras - Read here
AI and the football world cup - Read here
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