This week we feature articles by Stephen Wolfram, and Mark Wyner.
Additional reading from Steve Nouri, James Vincent, and Steve Nadis.
News comes from TerminusDB, Acquia, PayloadCMS, and Stilo.
Note that news items now link to the original source of the news rather than our 200 word summaries, which are always available here.
All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index/
Opinion / Analysis
What is ChatGPT doing … and why does it work?
Last week’s featured article by Ted Chiang used a familiar analogy to somewhat demystify why ChatGPT appears to work well while sometimes going off the rails. This week Stephen Wolfram explains what is actually going on under the covers. This is a long (75 min) read, but fascinating, well-written, and guaranteed to make you smarter about large language models in general.
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/02/what-is-chatgpt-doing-and-why-does-it-work/
Hashtag accessibility, by everyone for everyone
Every hashtag on every post on every platform should always be pascal case (a.k.a. camel case). There are a number of reasons why this is important, the most notable being that screen readers have a hard time with conjoined words.
Mark Wyner illustrates why this is a no-brainer (4 min).
https://markwyner.medium.com/hashtag-accessibility-by-everyone-for-everyone-298667b2d891
More Reading
- “Liquid” neural nets based on a worm’s nervous system… Researchers discover a more flexible approach to machine learning via Quanta Magazine
- Handy list of keyboard shortcuts… Save your time Windows and Apple versions! via Steve Nouri
- Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing 🙂 via The Verge
Content technology news
TerminusDB launches TerminusCMS
The open-source, headless, developer-focused content management system (CMS) is built on an RDF graph database that connects JSON documents into a graph.
https://terminusdb.com/blog/category/content-knowledge/
Acquia announces new CDP features, pricing tiers, and delivery options
Acquia CDP supports composable customer experience and data strategies through integrations with Acquia DXP and third-party marketing products.
https://www.acquia.com
Payload releases CMS version 1.6.0
In addition to optimizing the TypeScript interface of the Local API, the entire API has gotten a significant overhaul.
https://payloadcms.com
Stilo management buys out Stilo Corporation
Acquisition transfers all IP, trademarks, and customer contracts and XML software products: OmniMark, Migrate, OptimizeR, and Analyzer.
https://www.stilo.com/
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