Software: Dark patterns in UI design
Gee, see anything unusual in this user interface prompt at a web site I just visited?
Software: Microsoft adds ChatGPT to no-code/low-code software creation tools
Microsoft Corp on Monday bundled the technology behind ChatGPT with its Power Platform that allows users to develop applications with little or no coding, the latest integration of artificial intelligence…
Software: How does ChatGPT work, behind the user interface?
Stephen Wolfram explores the broader picture of what’s going on inside ChatGPT and why it produces meaningful text. Discusses models, training neural nets, embeddings, tokens, transformers, language syntax. Source: What…
Sofware AI: Where ChatGPT came from
OpenAI’s breakout hit was an overnight sensation—but it is built on decades of research. Source: ChatGPT is everywhere. Here’s where it came from | MIT Technology Review
Tech: While Meta spent billions on VR “metaverse”, ChatGPT snuck up on everyone
FB/Meta has been spending billions on a VR metaverse concept that nearly no “real people” have much interest in. Meanwhile, ChaptGPT AI-based query system snuck up on the world and…
Business, Tech: Microsoft said to layoff workers in “key VR” teams
Source: Microsoft Layoffs Reportedly Hit Key VR and Metaverse Teams – Metaverse Bitcoin News
Tech: Consumers lack interest in VR
A total of 61% non-users say they are not interested in trying VR. Why is VR growth so slow despite its possibilities? Source: CES 2023 revealed multiple VR headsets, but…
Tech: The VR metaverse workplace doesn’t actually work
Anyone who has used VR is aware of these problems: “I am totally immersed in the metaverse, have a big headset on, and then I need to take off the…
Follow up: Twitter will break in coming weeks
Nov 8, 2022: One insider says the company’s current staffing isn’t able to sustain the platform. Source: Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks…
You have not been in tech long enough: “I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist in Silicon Valley for the past decade, and I’ve never witnessed such an atmosphere of panic and insecurity amid the massive tech layoffs”
Annie Wright, who runs boutique trauma therapy center in the Bay Area, talks about what she’s seeing amid the massive tech layoffs. Source: I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist in Silicon…