News for 14th March: What lurks in LLMs, Ableton 12, and Star Trek musical instruments
I am back with my fortnightly round-up of interesting links and resources
It’s been a while! I have decided to split my podcast and newsletter into two streams:
Every two weeks an interview, I will start republshing summaries of those on Substack, but you can always find them at chrischinchilla.com/podcast/ too.
Every two weeks a news and resources round up. You’re reading it! I am not 100% sure where else I will archive those yet.
With that out the way, time to dig in. AI (of course), music, and SciFi this issue.
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Rise of Local LLMs ? →
In the not-so-distant past, dabbling in generative AI technology meant leaning heavily on proprietary models. The routine was straightforward: snag an OpenAI key, and you're off to the races, albeit tethered to a pay-as-you-go scheme.
Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why. →
Two years ago, Yuri Burda and Harri Edwards, researchers at the San Francisco–based firm OpenAI, were trying to find out what it would take to get a language model to do basic arithmetic.
AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead →
Since ChatGPT dropped in the fall of 2022, everyone and their donkey has tried their hand at prompt engineering—finding a clever way to phrase your query to a large language model (LLM) or AI art or video generator to get the best results or sidestep protections.
Build a Website with ChatGPT, byPaul McFedries
A new book published by Manning covers how to use OpenAI’s chatbot to build all you need for a website. How deep will it go?
“A generous update stuffed with ideas and real potential”: Ableton Live 12 Suite review →
Ableton 12 is out with new MIDI tools, generative features, a cleaned up UI, and more.
“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement →
You've heard the call to action at the end of nearly every podcast you've ever listened to: "Listen to us on your favorite podcast app", or in the phrasing of podcaster extraordinare Roman Mars, "...wherever you find podcasts".
Lessons in instrument design from Star Trek →
Star Trek has influenced much in UI design, but that’s not all, also musical instruments… Some of which people have even tried to make.