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Elliot Smith

Findings #5

Hello again. Another edition of findings. I hope you're enjoying these. If you are, consider subscribing to get them straight to your inbox. From the Web First, is an article that has been on my to-read list for a while. The recent string of long weekends gave me

Findings #4

Welcome back to another week. There was a lot happening this past week, including the much-discussed purchase of Twitter. One of the promises I found particularly interesting was the promise to open source the timeline algorithm. More on that later. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the web I found myself back on a

Collaborative AI as a path to AGI

Let's say you made a time machine, and the catch is you can only bring people forward from the past. You turn it on and zap a dozen people into the room from 1800. Given enough time to catch up on the language and the latest in education,

Findings #3

Hello again. This one is coming a day later than usual as I took a little time to unwind over the long weekend. I hope you all had some time to relax as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week I was sent some interesting news on a new AI system that has

Findings #2

Welcome back to the second edition of Findings. A short collection of interesting things I found last week. If you found this interesting, consider subscribing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From around the web The first article for this week is a post from a patient undergoing a clinical trial for a new device

Little by little, then all at once

When I was a kid, I played a lot of Age of Empires. My favourite moment was gathering enough resources to move to the next 'age'. When I did, suddenly, dozens of new upgrades were available that transformed my city and its citizens. Within a few clicks, I

Findings #1

Hey, I'm adding something new to my roster of content. Once a week I'll post a quick update on interesting articles, videos, and general content from last week. It will be in theme for the rest of my content so you should find it interesting. If

Will we mourn for Siri?

I remember the first time I said "thank you" to Siri. I wasn't paying attention and had asked for a timer to be set. Nothing particularly difficult, but without much thought, out slipped "thank you". To be clear, I don't think Siri

Unbundling health on the path to value-based care

Introduction Live long enough, and you're bound to see familiar businesses unbundle and bundle back up. Jim Barksdale famously said that these are the only two ways to make money in business. Different factors drive these processes, but they often come at a time of technological innovation. There

Can AI help when it's "more of an art than a science"?

Even within technical fields, people describe specific tasks as "more of an art than a science". Within the context of AI, many will claim that AI can do the 'science' but not the 'art'. This begs the question of what art and science entail.