Chinchilla Squeaks

Mac Power Users #745: “Inventing the Future” with John Buck — Relay FM relay.fm Another MPU recommendation from me and a trip down Apple memory lane. John Buck published a book covering the “Apple Technology Group,” a division within Apple that operated back in the 1980s and 1990s and experimented with many forward-looking bits of technology that we take for granted today. Stack Overflow suspends user for editing posts in OpenAI protest bleepingcomputer.com It was a matter of time before Stack Overflow admitted defeat in their own AI efforts and asked Open AI for a big pile of money to access their data instead. However, as an almost entirely user-generated content site, the people who write said content aren’t happy, and unsurprisingly, Stack Overflow isn’t handling this well. Dell turns 40: How a teenager transformed $1000 worth of PC parts into a tech giant zdnet.com Less noisy than other long-lasting competitors, Dell have been there longer than most, quietly in the background making a big pile of money in varying degrees. Ten years ago Microsoft bought Nokia’s phone unit then killed it as a tax write-off theregister.com Nokia, once a diamond of European tech, slowly sold off parts of its business until even those who bought those sold them on again. Flood of AI-Generated Submissions Final Straw for Small 22-Year-Old Publisher 404media.co Publishers, small and large, are already asking for hopeful submitters to sign disclaimers on AI-generated content. But even this is not enough to prevent the flood of AI-generated crap flooding publishers and ruining it for those of us who actually want someone to read our very human words.

In the first round-up of interviews from KubeCon EU 2024 in Paris, I focus on developer platform-related tools and productivity. The episode features interviews with Luca Galante of Humanitec, Sebastian Stadil of Scalr, and Lev Lazinskiy of Dagger. 0:00 Intro 02:26 Humanitec 17:23 Scalr and OpenTofu 40:27 Dagger 01:01:23 Outro

In this episode of Chinchilla Squeaks, I delve into two main topics. First, a series of articles on how AI, specifically GPT-4 and other models, struggle to understand and generate sheet music, highlighting issues with tempo, dynamics, and basic music theory. Second, the financial hardships faced by touring musicians today, with insights into the low profitability and high costs of touring, even for bands with significant chart success. I also shares updates, including recent work on writing for robots and a demo of the cloud-native security tool Falco. Can AI read music? By Yennie Jun‘The working class can’t afford it’: the shocking truth about the money bands make on tour by Daniel Dylan WrayWriting for robotsCloud-native threat detection with Falco00:00 Welcome to Chinchilla Squeaks! 00:38 Exploring AI's Understanding of Sheet Music 03:37 The High Cost of Touring for Musicians 06:46 Personal Updates and Engagements 08:04 Looking Ahead: KubeCon Coverage and More

I speak with Asif Awan of AppCD about their generative AI tool that creates the infrastructure as code configuration you need based on application code.

In this episode I feature the following: https://writingcooperative.com/the-ai-revolution-and-the-economy-have-killed-my-highly-skilled-job-4795551399behttps://www.vox.com/culture/24127542/alcohol-alternatives-kava-shrooms-weed-sleepygirl-mocktailhttps://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/can-we-get-kids-off-smartphoneshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KoIzOu_8io&t=64shttps://www.relay.fm/mpu/740https://barti-maeus.itch.io/every-wednesday-we-roll-volume-2

I have Venkat from Rockset back to discuss their search and analytics database built for the cloud, with real-time indexing and full-featured SQL on JSON, time series, geospatial and vector data.

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I speak with Feross Aboukhadijeh of Socket.dev about their smarter and more considered solution for securing software supply chains.

A light news show where I cover the growing need to label what "open" AI really is, local LLMS reprised, and long live the Twiggy drive!

In this episode, I speak with Atlas about their AI tool for generating 3D assets for games and architectural use and with Gathers about their AI tool for market research and competitive analysis. Generative AI tools all the way down! https://www.atlasai.co/ https://gathers.ai/

It’s been a while! I have decided to split my podcast and newsletter into two streams: Every two weeks a news and resources round up. You’re reading it! I am not 100% sure where else I will archive those yet. With that out the way, time to dig in. AI (of course), music, and SciFi this issue. Rise of Local LLMs ? → In the not-so-distant past, dabbling in generative AI technology meant leaning heavily on proprietary models. The routine was straightforward: snag an OpenAI key, and you're off to the races, albeit tethered to a pay-as-you-go scheme. Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why. → Two years ago, Yuri Burda and Harri Edwards, researchers at the San Francisco–based firm OpenAI, were trying to find out what it would take to get a language model to do basic arithmetic. AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead → Since ChatGPT dropped in the fall of 2022, everyone and their donkey has tried their hand at prompt engineering—finding a clever way to phrase your query to a large language model (LLM) or AI art or video generator to get the best results or sidestep protections. Build a Website with ChatGPT, byPaul McFedries A new book published by Manning covers how to use OpenAI’s chatbot to build all you need for a website. How deep will it go? “A generous update stuffed with ideas and real potential”: Ableton Live 12 Suite review → MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians and producers spends hours testing products to help you choose the best music-making gear for you. Find out more about how we test. “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement → You've heard the call to action at the end of nearly every podcast you've ever listened to: "Listen to us on your favorite podcast app", or in the phrasing of podcaster extraordinare Roman Mars, "...wherever you find podcasts". Lessons in instrument design from Star Trek → Editor’s Note: Longtime fans of this site may be familiar with its “tag line,” “Stop watching sci-fi. Start using it.

In this episode I speak with Corey Harrison of Flip.ai, one of a handful of new companies bringing generative AI to the DevOps space. In Flip.ai's case, this is leveraging to bring intelligence and flexibility to observability data.

In this episode I speak with Simon Wistow of Fastly about their work to keep the internet running and Christian Nielsen of BevArt who aim to keep cultural artefacts in museums and galleries lasting for as long as possible.

I have a fascinating conversation with Alex from Respeecher, a Ukranian startup whose work you have probably heard in high-profile games, movies, and campaigns.

Two interviews from Web Summit 2023 in this episode. First, with Irina and Dmitri of Datuum, an interesting data processing platform powered by AI. Second, Anna from Viseven, where we talk about Ukraine's DIA app and how the company she works for handles marketing with the pharmaceutical industry.

In this episode, I speak with Anna Skoulikari about her new book, "Learn Git" from O'Reilly. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-git/9781098133900/ Use the code "learngit23" for a 30% discount!

In this episode, I finish up my interviews from last year's Open Source Summit with two amazing interviews. First is Leszek Manicki, engineering manager at the Wikimedia Foundation Second is Jessica Tegner an advocate for diversity, inclusivity, and equity in open source

In this episode, I finish up my interviews from We Are Developers earlier in the year and speak with Filip Hrick about testing websites with Cypress and Dennie Declercq about creating vision-accessible websites. Enjoy! Full show notes at: http://chrischinchilla.com/podcast/

I speak with Chris Adams, the director of the Green Web Foundation. We discuss their mission, tools, programs, and plans for making the online world as sustainable as possible. https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrchrisadams/

In this episode, I share interviews from the IT Arena event in Lviv, Ukraine. As I dive into conversations with tech innovators from around the world, we discusses a range of topics, from a digital platform for airports to remote hiring of developers and the future of education in tech. I also explores the state of the tech industry in Ukraine, the influence of artificial intelligence, and my own journey in the tech world.