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In the latest piece in his series Also True for Humans , about managing AIs like you'd manage people, Michael explores the inner workings of AI agents—the next generation of assistive AI technology—and what they need to succeed. He goes in-depth on the reason and act (ReAct) pattern, one of the first attempts to give large language models the tools... See more
Michael Taylor • The No-Fluff Guide to AI Agents
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Radiolab - "Colors"
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Townie has attracted a new breed of non-technical programmers to Val Town.
🎧 Do 60-minute Coding Tasks in 60 Seconds—With AI
... See moreAs AI tools rapidly eclipsed all other news on the horizon by promising that they could do everything for us. That is, they can relieve us from common chores like writing (ugh!) or reading (gosh, no!), or even thinking (who does that?), so we can have more free time for what matters. Is it just me, or does this beg the question, “Well, what matters
Dit laatste leefde nog niet heel sterk tijden de latere jaren 40 of de jaren 50, maar is vooral tijdens de jaren 60 prominent geworden. Dat nationalisme en volksidentiteit onder Europese mensen slecht was, dat racisme en segregatie in de VS ook moest leiden tot een schuldcomplex onder mensen in Europa, dat ook toen bezette landen zich schuldig... See more
Calvin Tangelder • Maar... wat is nu een Nederlander?
- Building an app in less than 60 seconds: 00:11:22
- How Val Town’s AI assistant works: 00:17:19
🎧 Do 60-minute Coding Tasks in 60 Seconds—With AI
Despite of (or in fact, because of) all its constraints and weirdness, AI is perfect for idea generation. You often need to have a lot of ideas to have good ideas. Not everyone is good at generating lots of ideas, but AI is very good at volume. Will all these ideas be good or even sane? Of course not. But they can spark further thinking on your
... See moreoneusefulthing.org • How to Use AI to Do Practical Stuff: A New Guide
Google also (separately?) released Deep Research, which is a truly useful agentic AI tool. Give it a research topic, and it'll spider through hundreds of websites, refining its search based on what it learns, before delivering a comprehensive report with citations.