AI Reading for Monday February 17
Why Johnny can't code: Copilot! - N’s Blog
You could use AI to run tough simulations of 9/11s and zombie apocalypses and Kobayashi Marus sand have the smartest work force ever. Or you could employ the minimum number of low-wage mouse-clickers to keep AI happy. Until the assumptions of AI no longer hold and it all comes to a sudden stop.
You build roads with shoulders, you have 2 means of egress and you do fire drills so there is capacity that doesn't get used every day but is there when you need it. When you don't have slack in a complex system, it becomes unpredictable or totally breaks down the first time it's overloaded.
People intuitively understand slack when they buy from the name brand that offers free returns but is not the lowest cost. Midwit bean counters over-optimize and don't back off from overfitted solutions.
Chinese companies rush to incorporate DeepSeek in products and online services - Tom's Hardware
How to Use AI to Write a Cover Letter - CNET
How candidates can hack HR AI and get hired - San Diego Union-Tribune
How to use AI to find new movies, music, and books - Fast Company
AI agents start to talk to customers - WSJ
AI is studying you and learning how to influence you - VentureBeat
5 high-tech robots that are changing how we grow our food - The Cool Down
New York Times brings an AI tool to its newsroom. - ReadWrite
OpenAI lawyers might have some questions about whether it is responsibly sourced.
Generative AI is already being used in journalism, APO report covers use cases and how people feel about them - The Conversation
Apple Vision Pro to get Apple Intelligence, Spatial Content App
Uber Eats sues DoorDash over exclusive ties with restaurants. - TechSpot
Jailbreaking AI agents by e.g. sending them to malicious websites with embedded jailbreak instructions. - THE DECODER
Meta’s AI-Powered Ray-Bans Are Life-Enhancing for the Blind - WSJ
Microsoft OmniParser can watch your screen and talk to e.g. your own local LLM model for agentic behavior - Microsoft
The jobs AI can do — and jobs it shouldn’t - FT
Also, in addition to whether it adds value, there are high stakes decisions vs. low stakes decisions. Deciding whether to do a major surgery or play Russian Roulette or fire missiles is a trap-door one-way decision. Whether to watch The Americans or Better Caul Saul is a revolving door low-stakes decision, you could change your mind after 5 minutes.
Snapchats throughout history - Reddit
Be nice to AI and maybe it will be nice to you later! - Reddit
"AI gaydar for middle managers" - Cory Doctorow
Can AI read your dog’s facial expressions? - Science
Pie in the sky AI vs down to earth AI - Reuters
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily
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