Is Anthropic’s CEO a Psychopath or a Liar?
Which is it? Does Dario Amodei believe AI is going to shatter billions of lives and doesn’t care, or is this part of the AI hype cycle?
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Worth Reading – Gen Z, millennials: A college degree is a waste of money and time
When you’re looking at student loan debt and an uncertain job market, while being asked to learn new skills, it’s understandable to question what all that college was for in the first place. I’m not saying there’s no value in a college education. Still, the cost-benefit analysis is changing for many people right now, because learning and upskilling won’t stop when school is over. They keep going, and it’s only going to keep happening faster.
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Worth Reading – LLMs are Making Me Dumber
Maybe instead of panicking that we’re all getting dumber, we need a balanced approach like Vincent’s. Decide which skills can be eroded and offloaded and which ones you refuse to give up.
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Worth Reading – New OneDrive Prompt Could Mix Work and Personal Files
There are obvious data privacy risks here. Sometimes, I forget that not everyone works in the legal industry and is hyper-aware of confidentiality and data privacy, the way you are when that is your firm’s business, but this is not one of those times. Every business, including Microsoft, would be unhappy if a user synced company data into their consumer OneDrive account.
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Linked – Why We Quickly Forget So Much of What We Learn
The next time you want to do some deep learning. Learn, write, and then do.
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Linked – Microsoft’s layoff : How corporate downsizing is sparking a global mental health epidemic
We also need to talk once again about the mental health of both those who were let go and those who are left behind. The shock of having your life turned upside down on the whim of an organization’s managers is overwhelming. Anyone who has been part of a layoff can tell you that. I went through it, and I know plenty of others who have also done so. It’s a traumatic experience.
I’ve also had the experience of watching people I worked closely with get let go more than once as part of a downsizing. That is also traumatic, and the impact goes much further than being sad the day it happens. You’re also likely adjusting schedules and workloads, taking on more work and stress for the same pay, and feeling guilty because you are at least still getting paid while others are not.
So, if you know someone affected by these layoffs, please reach out. Keep in touch with them as best you can and help keep them connected to a community within their industry.
