Tag: skepticism
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Enterprise AI Trends: Why AI Agents Feel Scammy, Despite the Impressive Demos
Source URL: https://nextword.substack.com/p/why-ai-agents-feel-useless-despite Source: Enterprise AI Trends Title: Why AI Agents Feel Scammy, Despite the Impressive Demos Feedly Summary: Hint: AI Agents Are Sometimes Not the Right Tool for the Job AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the evolving role of AI agents in software engineering, emphasizing the transition from human-AI collaboration…
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New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Summaries of News Notifications
Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/technology/apple-ai-news-notifications.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Apple Plans to Disable A.I. Summaries of News Notifications Feedly Summary: The company’s Apple Intelligence system has erroneously characterized news stories, provoking a backlash from media companies. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Apple’s recent decision to disable its AI-driven news…
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The Register: Infoseccer: Private security biz let guard down, exposed 120K+ files
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/private_security_biz_lets_guard/ Source: The Register Title: Infoseccer: Private security biz let guard down, exposed 120K+ files Feedly Summary: Assist Security’s client list includes fashion icons, critical infrastructure orgs A London-based private security company allegedly left more than 120,000 files available online via an unsecured server, an infoseccer told The Register.… AI Summary and Description:…
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Hacker News: Cheating Is All You Need
Source URL: https://sourcegraph.com/blog/cheating-is-all-you-need Source: Hacker News Title: Cheating Is All You Need Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides an enthusiastic commentary on the transformative impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) in software engineering, likening their significance to that of the World Wide Web or cloud computing. The author discusses…
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The Register: UK unveils plans to mainline AI into the veins of the nation
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/13/uk_government_ai_plans/ Source: The Register Title: UK unveils plans to mainline AI into the veins of the nation Feedly Summary: Government adopts all 50 venture capitalist recommendations but leaves datacenter energy puzzle unsolved Britain’s government is adopting all 50 recommendations made by a venture capitalist to use AI to drive economic recovery, without even…
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Hacker News: AI Tools: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
Source URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/1/6 Source: Hacker News Title: AI Tools: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**: This extensive study explores the impact of AI tool usage on critical thinking skills, highlighting the mediating role of cognitive offloading. The findings indicate a significant negative…
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Hacker News: Ask HN: Pull the curtain back on Nvidia’s CES keynote please
Source URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42670808 Source: Hacker News Title: Ask HN: Pull the curtain back on Nvidia’s CES keynote please Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a professional’s skepticism regarding the transformative potential of AI and LLMs in engineering, despite optimistic industry visions like those presented by NVIDIA. It calls for…
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Hacker News: My AI/LLM predictions for the next 1, 3 and 6 years
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/10/ai-predictions/ Source: Hacker News Title: My AI/LLM predictions for the next 1, 3 and 6 years Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text presents predictions regarding AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) over the next one, three, and six years, with insights into their potential applications, limitations, and societal…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting David Crawshaw
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/7/david-crawshaw/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting David Crawshaw Feedly Summary: I followed this curiosity, to see if a tool that can generate something mostly not wrong most of the time could be a net benefit in my daily work. The answer appears to be yes, generative models are useful for me when…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: AI’s next leap requires intimate access to your digital life
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/6/ais-next-leap/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: AI’s next leap requires intimate access to your digital life Feedly Summary: AI’s next leap requires intimate access to your digital life I’m quoted in this Washington Post story by Gerrit De Vynck about “agents" – which in this case are defined as AI systems that operate…