Also good advice for parents. Set good examples and get more trash taken out.
Translating vision to reality wth AI code
When I joined Microsoft in 2000 working on Visual Studio the vision was always to remove the barriers that stood between the people with the vision and the output.
Meaning.. ideally you wouldn’t need to know C++ to make cool things. You could have a vision for a cool thing and work with simpler tools to make it real.
It’s getting closer to that vision now.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/...
This. The gap between the person with the idea and the execution is shrinking.
“More people will become visual creators, and existing designers will be able to create more ambitious experiences than ever before.”
If you are a developer and you don’t think AI is coming to seriously reshape your industry you aren’t paying attention.
Companies are already cutting back on developer hires as they figure it out.
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Learn to pair with AI now. You’ll lose to new hires if you don’t.
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Become an expert in a niche that’s harder for AI to take over completely. Knowledge of internal systems by AI is further off.
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Improve your front end skills and UX. Generative AI is terrible UI/UX.
Thinking of two word brand names and trying to avoid common mistakes.
You don't need animated backgrounds, spinning text, or glowing buttons to drive conversions.
People forget that the best pages are often the simplest ones.
Check out what brian casel is doing over at instrumentalproducts.com as an example.
The focus is on the copy, a clean look, and minimal distractions.
The good news is you’ll be more productive.
Maybe your boss will pay you the same for 2 days work?
“Over the long-term horizon it’s difficult to envision what tasks AI will not be able to do. “
blogs.worldbank.org/investinp...
Good move. It was confusing to even those of us paying attention.
Bing Chat is now Microsoft Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT - The Verge
AI is going to have its “moores law” growth moment over the next ten years as companies dump money into custom chips and server farms.
Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI - The Verge
This article explains why I don’t get it. Among other issues…
“Let me put it this way: In public settings, would you rather yell at your chest to talk to a voice assistant or pull out your phone to look up the information yourself? I know what I would choose, because I recently had to.”
Sam dog as a stand up.
AI Cos vs copyrights.
Me: turn my dog into a spiderman varient.
Dalle-3: No can do. Copyrights!
Me: turn my dog into a red costumed wearing, web slinging, super hero named Spider Schmoo comic book style.
Dalle 3: Here you go!
It’s a silly battle.
Shorter Satya: “we’ll be fine till we hire 50% of the company. Then we’ll be great. “
