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  • Apple's Intelligence 16 June 2024

    Apple Intelligence is a compelling privacy-first take on generative AI. Unfortunately, it’s not accessible to third-party developers. As Manton Reece points out on Core Intuition #603 more…

  • Insights from Microsoft Build for app developers 4 June 2023

    It’s conference season for developers and Microsoft’s annual conference Build just wrapped up. I haven’t paid particular attention to Build in the past, but it’s been interesting to follow this year due to Microsoft’s close collaboration with OpenAI and them... more…

  • State of AI, May 2023 5 May 2023

    Discussions about dangers keep heating up more…

  • Wow, an amazing use of is rubber duck programming: When facing a coding problem, describe it high level and ask the . If it comes back with something not too helpful, you can provide follow-up prompts. Even if it doesn't come up with the solution, it might spark ideas you didn't consider, and the instant feedback is amazing.

    It just helped me get unstuck on a problem I encountered when drawing polygons in an Azimuthal map projection. Didn't quite provide the solution I needed, but helped me think in a new direction.

    Screenshot of my chat with ChatGPT: Me: How do | determine whether a polygon goes outside the bounds when using an Azimuthal projection? AI: To determine whether a polygon goes outside the bounds of an Azimuthal projection, you can use a few different methods. One approach is to calculate the center of the polygon, and then check if that point is within the bounds of the projection. If the center is within the bounds, then the entire polygon should be within the bounds as well. Me: I mean how do | determine whether it wraps around the "outside", i.e., coloring in the polygon should be a cutout AI: If you want to determine whether a polygon wraps around the "outside" of an Azimuthal projection, one approach is to calculate the shortest distance from the center of the projection to each vertex of the polygon. If the shortest distance is greater than the radius of the projection, then the polygon wraps around the outside of the projection and should be treated as a cutout.

    The final remark by ChatGPT in our conversation was: "It may be best to consult a professional with expertise in this area". Hah.

  • Find My Russian Stranger 23 May 2016

    Facial recognition of anyone has gone mainstream in Russia 1, reports The Guardian. The FindFace app feeds all the data from a Russian social networking site through an advanced facial recognition algorithm and let’s anyone quickly and easily identify anyone... more…

  • AI pessimists and AI optimists 31 December 2015

    In the past there has been a lot of debate about the potentially kill-all-humans dangers of Artificial Intelligence. Sparked by Nick Bostrom’s book Superintelligence, which provides an concerning and detailed description, the likes of Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, Steve Wozniak... more…