2024-01-07
The “i” in LLM stands for “intelligence” https://daniel.haxx.se/... (from the author of cURL) LLM bot-generated bug reports are a big and growing problem, from opportunists seeking money rewards.
daniel.haxx.se
Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy
The rise in spam for everyone who accepts submissions is also a massive problem. … @bagder@mastodon.social : When people respond in negative ways on my blog, I always struggle with...
2022-12-05
“There is, among blockchain enthusiasts, a kind of unwillingness to believe that, if someone disagrees with you, it's because they understand you and, despite understanding you, still disagree.” — @doctorow https://www.newyorker.com/...
New Yorker
An interview with Cory Doctorow on lessons from science fiction, Big Tech's comeuppance, AI dangers, surveillance capitalism, smart contracts, dApps, and more
From cyberpunk to interoperability and monopolies to how to be productive. Highly recommended. https://www.newyorker.com/... Liam Proven / @lproven : “There is, among blockchain en...
2022-11-25
The renowned author of the Mythical Man Month, my favourite analogy about why parallel processors are a waste of money for most desktop tasks. A true hero of the software industry, and too little heeded today. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Frederick P. Brooks Jr., a Turing Award recipient who co-led IBM's System/360 and wrote a book cited as gospel by computer scientists, died last week at 91
Fred P. Brooks, the founder and long-time chair of the department (and a major influence on my professional outlook) passed away a few hours ago. Steve Lohr / @stevelohr : Remember...
2022-11-24
The renowned author of the Mythical Man Month, my favourite analogy about why parallel processors are a waste of money for most desktop tasks. A true hero of the software industry, and too little heeded today. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Frederick P. Brooks Jr., a Turing Award recipient who co-led IBM's System/360 and wrote a book cited as gospel by computer scientists, died last week at 91
He was a lead designer of the computers that cemented IBM's dominance for decades. He later wrote a book on software engineering that became a quirky classic.