Issue 292: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's AI!

We're keeping it light this week...and by light, we mean we're pondering our existence and thinking about AI defense robots. That's light in a sort of "light as air" way, right? On the pod Nathan Michael, CTO at Shield AI, answered our burning questions, like if they're building terminators for the government. We've also got Tuhin Srivastava from Baseten on the pod to share with us about how AI is transforming the GPU game. If either of those have you worrying a bit about the future, maybe it'd be a good time to hop over to our Philosophy sites to read the answer to this questions: Why is life considered worth preserving? XX

Okay, we'll lighten up. If you're thinking about the future in a more career-oriented way, we've got a blog piece for you on how great architects keep their ideas in order through documents. Plus, Morgan Stanley is thinking about the future as a chance to upskill their people through experiential learning, as shared with us by Senior Learning Specialist Christina Dacauaziliqua on Leaders of Code. And at the very least, the future is bright here at Stack Overflow—our latest research roadmap outlines how we're keeping our community strong this fall. XX

See, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's like discovering the alternate ending to our favorite princess movie wasn't made up in our head, like one user did on the Movies site. Even a NEET of 15 years can find hope for fruitful employment, like another user did on the Workplace site. We've even got busy beaver hunters still trying to find that infinitely large sixth number, even if it would be impossible to write down. And if you're still feeling a bit pessimistic, just know that every bubble will pop, and you can always buy a burner phone. Both those stories, and the rest of them, are down in the links below.