From the blog
Is this the real life? Training autonomous cars with simulations
Ben Popper interviews Vladislav Voroninski, CEO of Helm.ai, about unsupervised learning and the future of AI in autonomous driving. They discuss GenAI’s role in bridging the gap between simulation and reality, the challenges of scaling autonomous driving systems, the commercial potential of partial autonomy, and why software is emerging as a key differentiator in vehicle sales. Vlad spotlights the value of multimodal foundation models and how compute shortages affect AI startups.
Rust is evolving from system-level language to UI and frontend development
Ben and Ryan chat with Daniela Miao, cofounder and CTO of Momento, a real-time data platform, about real-time observability, the challenges of multi-tenancy in databases and caching, the use of WebAssembly in UI development, and the benefits of Rust.
Build a Data Access and Transportation Layer
In this Amazon Web Services (AWS) article and companion video, learn how Confluent Cloud, available in AWS Marketplace, can be the cornerstone of an enterprise application-modernization and cloud-adoption strategy.
Interesting questions
What is the science behind this freeze seawater news article?
And would it have any significant impact on rising sea levels?
Is it practical in real life to drill magnetic screws into someone's skull in order to wear a wig?
“I’ll stay bald, thank you.”
What is the value of facts in philosophy?
Or, why do I keep getting downvoted?
MIT Integration Bee Finals Tiebreaker (2024)
Who doesn’t need a little more integral calculus in their life?
Links from around the web
On the nature of time
What is "time"—from a computational perspective?
The Open Source AI Definition RC1 is available for comments
Now is your chance to weigh in on what "open-source AI" actually means.
The disappearance of an internet domain
How do political shifts affect domain names, of all things?
You don’t know jack about bandwidth
People often complain about insufficient bandwidth on the internet, but performance issues are often caused by latency.
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