Matt Muir
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Happy Saturday! It's actually quite nice out, so whatever you do DON'T click this link and get stuck into the best and most interesting bits and pieces from the past week on the web! Web Curios! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-10...
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mattmuir.bsky.social
Friday! Lunchtime! Words written by a man so fatigued he has just realised that he is actually crying with tired as he types this! REAP THE FRUITS OF MY POINTLESS MASOCHISM AND CLICK MY LINKS! Web Curios! Share, enjoy, please let me sleep now! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-10...
mattmuir.bsky.social
I DO IT ALL FOR YOU (I don't, it's an almost entirely self-indulgent exercise, but I really appreciate the note x)
mattmuir.bsky.social
Friday! Lunchtime! Words written by a man so fatigued he has just realised that he is actually crying with tired as he types this! REAP THE FRUITS OF MY POINTLESS MASOCHISM AND CLICK MY LINKS! Web Curios! Share, enjoy, please let me sleep now! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-10...
mattmuir.bsky.social
...but they still have plenty of 'good enough' usecases without needing to be anywhere near AGI
mattmuir.bsky.social
Yeah, I don't think AGI comes from LLMs, but that's been clear for a while now imho
mattmuir.bsky.social
On some level yes, but also the degree to which that matters depends on where open source models have gotten to by the time / if that happens
mattmuir.bsky.social
Interesting, if *slightly* disheartening, research into public attitudes to AI automation of jobs amongst the (US) general public: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
mattmuir.bsky.social
Also important to remember that even if it is a bubble and even if it bursts it doesn't mean genAI goes away; it just means that everyone feels a lot poorer for 10+ years
annadent.bsky.social
It's tempting to laugh at this, ho ho Sam Altman and co with egg on their faces, but if it really goes pop it will not be good. Unbelievable amounts of money and bets for the future of many governments (and countries) are staked on AI
justinhendrix.bsky.social
"Surging valuations of artificial intelligence companies are intensifying the risk of a -sudden correction' in global financial markets after equity prices reached levels comparable with the dotcom bubble, the Bank of England has warned." on.ft.com/4mSeT4Q
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mattround.com
It’s on a Saturday this year, so you can mark the day with family, maybe give them a special crisp sandwich lunch/dinner they’ll remember forever
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sophieehill.bsky.social
A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou

(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)

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mattmuir.bsky.social
I remain baffled why the fuck we are expected to listen to a man whose singular achievement was 'being good at table tennis'
peterwalker99.bsky.social
The UK is “madly left, madly liberal, hyper-progressive”, Syed says. This is a deeply odd speech, seemingly from yet another person who spends a lot of time on X.

[I deleted earlier post which had the typo of saying, 'US' rather than 'UK'.]
mattmuir.bsky.social
I have always been dismayed that noone has ever seen fit to actually write 'sex is my adventure'
mattmuir.bsky.social
It is too windy to be out (trust me on this), but it is conveniently exactly the right sort of weather to closet yourself away with this week's Web Curios, this week brought to you by the North London ice-cream mafia: webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-03...
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Friday! Lunchtime! Clicking links won't make anything better but it probably won't make anything worse, so, er, get clicking! Web Curios! SO MANY INTERESTING THINGS IN ONE PLACE! Share, enjoy, distract, cope! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-03...
mattmuir.bsky.social
Ooh,will check that out! Thankyou x
mattmuir.bsky.social
Friday! Lunchtime! Clicking links won't make anything better but it probably won't make anything worse, so, er, get clicking! Web Curios! SO MANY INTERESTING THINGS IN ONE PLACE! Share, enjoy, distract, cope! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-03...
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mattmuir.bsky.social
Click the map markers! They give you the ability to move, etc etc x