Subj : Zuckerberg reviews Vision Pro 🌎, ChatGPT long term memory 🧠, futuristic debugging 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed Feb 14 2024 11:39 am --SvfUb_90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a video to his Instagram account giving h= is official verdict on the Apple Vision Pro versus the Meta Quest 3=C2= =A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3]|View Online [4]=20 =09=09TL= DR=20 TLDR 2024-02-14 =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS = OPENAI EXPERIMENTS WITH GIVING CHATGPT A LONG-TERM CONVERSATION MEMORY (3= MINUTE READ) [5]=20 OpenAI is experimenting with adding a form of long= -term memory to ChatGPT. Users will be able to ask the chatbot to remembe= r something, see what it remembers, and ask it to forget. The feature is = currently available to a small number of users for testing. OpenAI hasn't= revealed what technique it is using for the system, but the implementa= tion is similar to that of Custom Instructions, a feature that was introd= uced in July last year.=20 META=E2=80=99S CEO FINALLY TRIED APPLE= =E2=80=99S NEW HEADSET AND HE HAS THOUGHTS (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Mar= k Zuckerberg recently posted a video to his Instagram account giving his = official verdict on the Apple Vision Pro versus the Meta Quest 3. He says= that the Quest 3 is the better product. The Quest 3 weighs less and its = lack of a wired battery and wider field of view allows for greater motion= .. While Zuckerberg thinks the Vision Pro is a better entertainment device= , he notes that the Quest has a better immersive content library than App= le. The video is available in the article.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIEN= CE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY EARLY DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS: BLOOD PROTEINS R= EVEAL AT-RISK PEOPLE (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 A study has identified bl= ood proteins that appear to predict the risk of developing dementia up to= 15 years before diagnosis. High levels of the blood proteins GFAP, NEFL,= GDF15, and LTBP2 are strongly associated with dementia. Blood levels of = these proteins can be outside of normal ranges more than 10 years before = symptom onset. The findings, once validated, may lead to the development = of blood tests that identify people at risk of developing dementia.=20 = SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIM THE SUN, AND IT WILL BE SOON (12 MINUTE READ)= [8]=20 Solar Radiation Management (SRM) is starting to gain more att= ention due to 2023's high temperatures. It's much easier to artificially = dim the sun than most people imagine. Injecting sulfur into the stratos= phere could be a cheap way to cool down the Earth. It would have an almos= t instant effect, but once it starts it would be dangerous to suddenly st= op. SRM will not fix the root cause of the problem, but it could buy time= for us to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. However, its implementation co= uld make us more complacent about fixing the core issues.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE GITBUTLER (GITH= UB REPO) [9]=20 GitButler is a git branch management tool built for mod= ern workflows. It is currently available for macOS and Linux - Windows su= pport is in development. GitButler lets developers work on multiple branc= hes at the same time, allowing them to quickly organize file changes into= separate branches while still having them apply to the working directo= ry. It can push branches individually and directly create pull requests. = IS SOMETHING BUGGING YOU? (12 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 Antithesis is= now coming out of stealth after five years of development. One of the fu= ndamental problems of software development is that software has to handle= many situations that the developers have never thought of or will never = anticipate. To overcome this, Antithesis built a fully-deterministic plat= form that hunts for bugs in software. The platform is designed to one day= be able to find many kinds of bugs in many kinds of software, but it cur= rently focuses on distributed systems reliability/fault tolerance testing= .. Antithesis is now looking for organizations running distributed systems= for testing. =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS ASK HN: HOW DO= YOU COME UP WITH SIDE PROJECT IDEAS IN 2024? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [11] = Many developers agree that most of their best side projects are pe= rsonal tools. Some of these tools end up being useful to others, so they = end up being productized and make money. It's much easier to think about = building for yourself compared to thinking about building for the masses.= There are still plenty of new things that can be built.=20 META= =E2=80=99S AI CHIEF YANN LECUN ON AGI, OPEN-SOURCE, AND AI RISK (11 MINUT= E READ) [12]=20 Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, received a TIME1= 00 Impact Award for his contributions to the world of artificial intellig= ence on Sunday. LeCun sat down with TIME before the ceremony to discuss= barriers to achieving artificial general intelligence, the merits of M= eta's open-source approach, and claims that AI could pose an existential = risk to the human race. This article contains an edited transcript of the= interview.=20 =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS SPEND $1 TODAY, SAVE UP= TO $2K ON YOUR NEXT FLIGHT (SPONSOR) [13]=20 For the next 12 hours, tr= y Dollar Flight Club for just $1 [13] and jet to Costa Rica from $179, hu= la in Hawaii from $167, or explore Greece from $347 round trip. 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OpenAI experiments with giv= ing ChatGPT a long-term conversation memory (3 minute read)

OpenAI is experimenting with adding a f= orm of long-term memory to ChatGPT. Users will be able to ask the chatbot t= o remember something, see what it remembers, and ask it to forget. The feat= ure is currently available to a small number of users for testing. OpenAI h= asn't revealed what technique it is using for the system, but the implement= ation is similar to that of Custom Instructions, a feature that was introdu= ced in July last year.
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Meta=E2=80=99s CEO finally = tried Apple=E2=80=99s new headset and he has thoughts (2 minute read)

Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a video= to his Instagram account giving his official verdict on the Apple Vision P= ro versus the Meta Quest 3. He says that the Quest 3 is the better product.= The Quest 3 weighs less and its lack of a wired battery and wider field of= view allows for greater motion. While Zuckerberg thinks the Vision Pro is = a better entertainment device, he notes that the Quest has a better immersi= ve content library than Apple. The video is available in the article.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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Early dementia diagnosis: b= lood proteins reveal at-risk people (3 minute read)

A study has identified blood proteins t= hat appear to predict the risk of developing dementia up to 15 years before= diagnosis. High levels of the blood proteins GFAP, NEFL, GDF15, and LTBP2 = are strongly associated with dementia. Blood levels of these proteins can b= e outside of normal ranges more than 10 years before symptom onset. The fin= dings, once validated, may lead to the development of blood tests that iden= tify people at risk of developing dementia.
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Someone is going to dim the= sun, and it will be soon (12 minute read)

Solar Radiation Management (SRM) is sta= rting to gain more attention due to 2023's high temperatures. It's much eas= ier to artificially dim the sun than most people imagine. Injecting sulfur = into the stratosphere could be a cheap way to cool down the Earth. It would= have an almost instant effect, but once it starts it would be dangerous to= suddenly stop. SRM will not fix the root cause of the problem, but it coul= d buy time for us to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. However, its implement= ation could make us more complacent about fixing the core issues.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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GitButler (GitHub Repo)

GitButler is a git branch management to= ol built for modern workflows. It is currently available for macOS and Linu= x - Windows support is in development. GitButler lets developers work on mu= ltiple branches at the same time, allowing them to quickly organize file ch= anges into separate branches while still having them apply to the working d= irectory. It can push branches individually and directly create pull reques= ts.
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Is something bugging you? (= 12 minute read)

Antithesis is now coming out of stealth= after five years of development. One of the fundamental problems of softwa= re development is that software has to handle many situations that the deve= lopers have never thought of or will never anticipate. To overcome this, An= tithesis built a fully-deterministic platform that hunts for bugs in softwa= re. The platform is designed to one day be able to find many kinds of bugs = in many kinds of software, but it currently focuses on distributed systems = reliability/fault tolerance testing. Antithesis is now looking for organiza= tions running distributed systems for testing.
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Ask HN: How do you come up = with side project ideas in 2024? (Hacker News Thread)

Many developers agree that most of thei= r best side projects are personal tools. Some of these tools end up being u= seful to others, so they end up being productized and make money. It's much= easier to think about building for yourself compared to thinking about bui= lding for the masses. There are still plenty of new things that can be buil= t.
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Meta=E2=80=99s AI Chief Yan= n LeCun on AGI, Open-Source, and AI Risk (11 minute read)

Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, = received a TIME100 Impact Award for his contributions to the world of artif= icial intelligence on Sunday. LeCun sat down with TIME before the ceremony = to discuss barriers to achieving artificial general intelligence, the merit= s of Meta's open-source approach, and claims that AI could pose an existent= ial risk to the human race. This article contains an edited transcript of t= he interview.
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'I've Never Seen It This Ba= d:' Game Developers Explain the Huge Layoffs Hitting Riot, Epic, and More (= 19 minute read)

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