Understanding ChatGPT Work

OpenAIannounced ChatGPT Workon July 9th, and have been furiously iterating on it ever since. It is an extraordinarily confusing and very powerful product. Here’s what I’ve figured out about it so far. The more interesting version of ChatGPT Work is the one that runs in the cloud. This can be accessed viachatgpt.comor through the ChatGPT … Devamını oku

Thoughts on Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas

These are some of my thoughts on Pope Leo XIV’sMagnifica Humanitas – On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligenceand theencyclical video presentation. The future of artificial intelligence is in a building state; thus, the encyclical try to be a seed for discussion and awareness. The main challenges highlighted in the encyclical … Devamını oku

“I just chose words carefully.”

I don’t think anyone particularly enjoys typesetting in monospace. Regular text is okay – at least as okay as it can be: Right aligning is also fine, as long as you don’t mind counting spaces, but centering already gets tricky, as you don’t have a half space to make things truly even: And full justification … Devamını oku

Cores in space: The core memory module from a 1980 Spacelab computer

Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the Space Shuttle’s cargo bay, providing lab space for astronauts and experiments.1Because Spacelab was a European project, it used a French-built minicomputer, the Mitra 125 MS,2rather than the Shuttle’s main computers, IBM-built AP-101 systems. For storage, the Spacelab computer contained 128 kilobytes of RAM. Rather … Devamını oku

Why open source rocks – a new SM750 (Silicon Motion GPU) HDMI Driver

Push this card to real 2048-wide output or a software-scaled 2560×1080 ultrawide desktop, with bandwidth-saving colour conversion and update optimisations for smoother performance. Linux display driver for the single-HDMISE-DP750A-HDMIPCIe card. Experimental:this driver is for one specific SM750 board. Optional modes can exceed published GPU or monitor clock limits and may produce no signal, distortion, or … Devamını oku

Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root

A security issue in Omarchy’s default Docker configuration meant that essentially every program running in the user’s desktop session could escalate to root without a password,sudo, or a privilege prompt. If you useOmarchy, the most important takeaway is simple:update to 4.0.1. I reported this issue privately through the project’s responsible-disclosure process. The underlying configuration has … Devamını oku

Haiku R1/beta6 has been released

After about two years since the last beta, and only about a week after Haiku’s 25th birthday, Haiku R1/beta6 has been released! See “Release Notes” for the release notes, “Press contact”, for press inquiries … and “Get Haiku!” to skip all that and just download the release (or upgrade to it from an existing install.) … Devamını oku

No AI Fridays

Study after study shows that using LLMs can cause you to accumulatecognitive debt, make youless engaged with your work, negatively impact yourcritical thinking abilities, and hamper yourskill formation. Constant use of AI creates blind spots. When we offload decision-making, we become unaware of the trade-offs. You can use No AI Fridays to assess what’s actually … Devamını oku

Creepy Crawlies

You’ve probably heard me complain about the “AI crawlers” before, but now I actually have some hard numbers I can put up to show their impact. In a few words, it’s bad enough to create a constant “background radiation” of system load, permanently tying up a chunk of capacity spent on producing output that is … Devamını oku