In every profession there’s a point where further improvements in skills are so subtle that the difference between one level and another can only be appreciated by another expert. Customers tends not to be experts. So after a certain level of skill has been achieved, any improvements that are made through experience are invisible to the people you’re selling to. We want quality to speak for itself, but it almost never does. Instead people tend to judge value by reference point. Rich groups attract more rich groups . A piece of art owned by a famous person is more valuable than it was before it was bought. (bellmar)
Society: California insurers withdraw. Is climate-change the root of the next financial crisis? Scammers ask victims to send cash in magazines. Being a NPC on TikTok?
Industry: TSMC/chips talent shortage in the US. UK surveillance and Apple’s solutions.
AI: ChatGPT behavior changes. Holding back the strange AI tide, and setting time on fire. The dangers of DeepFakes.
DIY: Enriching Knowledge graphs with LLLM, and reversely. Links to KG and finetuning models.
