New Financials From Musk's =
X Debt Sale Show Changing Company (4 minute read)
X is evolving from a social media platf=
orm powered by advertisers to one betting on revenue generated from AI and =
subscriptions. This change appears to have had a positive effect as the com=
pany recently posted $91 million in revenue tied to data licensing and subs=
criptions in February, a 30% increase from last year. The company boasted n=
early $1.5 billion in annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation,=
and amortization. X now has almost $1.1 billion cash on hand, but it still=
owes $12.5 billion in expensive debt.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Reusable rockets are here, =
so why is NASA paying more to launch stuff to space? (9 minute read)
Despite reusable rockets being availabl=
e nowadays, NASA is still paying more than it did 30 years ago to launch mi=
ssions into orbit. Launches are now becoming more routine, with SpaceX send=
ing batches of Starlink Internet satellites and other kinds of missions int=
o space every few days. NASA is only one of SpaceX's customers - the US mil=
itary is launching more missions than ever before and SpaceX is about to be=
come the Pentagon's top launch provider. There's still a lot of demand, so =
prices haven't gone down.
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Driverless Semi-Trucks Are =
Coming Soon to a Highway in Texas (3 minute read)
Aurora Innovation plans to unleash driv=
erless trucks on a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 45 between Dallas and Hou=
ston by the end of the month. The company has been testing its vehicles in =
closed and virtual environments. It was denied an exemption request from a =
federal regulation that stipulates that truck drivers must deploy roadside =
warning devices whenever they're stopped on the side of the road. This prom=
pted Aurora to sue the Motor Carrier Safety Administration, as the company =
doesn't have human operators to physically deploy the necessary devices.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Ask HN: Share your AI promp=
t that stumps every model (Hacker News Thread)
Any prompt that has been fed into a pub=
lic large language model has already probably been used for training, even =
if they haven't been disclosed publicly. This makes it difficult to create =
personal benchmarks for models - mainstream benchmarks already have a high =
risk of being gamed. This thread contains prompts that AI still can't answe=
r, along with discussions about the inner workings of large language models=
.. Examples include taking a common riddle and then changing one little deta=
il, asking something about an obscure movie, and asking about things that d=
on't exist.
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Zev (GitHub Repo)
Zev helps developers remember or discov=
er terminal commands using natural language. Users describe what they want =
to do and Zev presents a list of commands which users can copy and paste to=
use. Zev can be used with Ollama and the OpenAI API.
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If A.I. Systems Become Cons=
cious, Should They Have Rights? (6 minute read)
While the smartest AI systems are surpa=
ssing humans in some domains, it's hard to argue that today's AI systems ar=
e conscious. Consciousness is a taboo subject within the world of serious A=
I research as people are wary of anthropomorphizing AI systems. However, th=
at is starting to change, as there is a growing body of academic research o=
n AI model welfare taking the prospect of AI consciousness more seriously a=
s systems grow more intelligent. While AI models may not be conscious yet, =
it may be worth exploring for signs of consciousness as long as it's not di=
verting resources from AI safety and alignment work aimed at keeping humans=
safe.
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Ask HN: My CEO wants to go =
hard on AI. What do I do? (Hacker News Thread)
CEOs looking to blindly implement AI ma=
y be doing so to find more funding rather than build a better product. Empl=
oyees stuck working in these environments are best off deciding whether the=
y want to go on a VC-driven startup ride or work somewhere else in a produc=
t-driven role. These types of AI implementations are often not a real strat=
egy and are more for PR. Doing things for more funding and doing things tha=
t get the work done are not always the same. If funding is a real concern, =
the CEO's approach might be valid.
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CocoIndex (GitHub Repo)
CocoIndex is an open-source engine that=
supports custom transformation logic and incremental updates specialized f=
or data indexing.
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