Many predictions suggest that AGI is approaching rapidly. OpenAI has announced that its upcoming model will be the first of its kind, with a planned release scheduled for the end of January 2025.
Albums 2024
December 08, 2024
In no order, I found something of interest in all of these.
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Seefeel - Everything Squared
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Propaganda - Propaganda
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Actress - Statik
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mark s. williamson - folklore, facts & fables 1: seabirds
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Bibio - PHANTOM BRICKWORKS II
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Sarah Davachi and Dicky Bahto - Music For A Bellowing Room
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Wewrkbund - Skalpafloi
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Milan W. - Leave Another Day
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Chris & Cosey - Elemental 7
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Elizabeth Parker - Future Perfect
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Fennesz - Mosaic
ChatGPT o1
December 05, 2024
This model, which has been in preview for a few months, is now finally available to users on a Plus subscription. Additionally, there is a new $200-per-month tier that offers unlimited requests, as well as access to GPT o1 Pro.
Dune Prophecy
November 18, 2024
HBO has released the first episode of a new TV series that appears to be a sumptuous and lavish production with beautiful cinematography and stunning set design. It's too early to predict its success with viewers, as television audiences can be fickle. However, HBO clearly believes in its potential, judging by the significant investment made in the production.
The Genetic Book of the Dead
November 16, 2024
I just picked up The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie by Richard Dawkins. The book is filled with fascinating examples of the power of Darwinian natural selection to build exquisite perfection, paradoxically accompanied by what look like gross blunders. Along the way, Dawkins dismantles influential criticisms of the 'gene's-eye-view' of life. And, to end with a provocative sting in the tail, the author asks there is a sense in which all our 'own' genes can be seen as a gigantic colony of cooperating viruses?