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Annndd this is the final piece I created for my collaboration with The Marine Mammal Center! We have made hand signed prints available and a portion of all proceeds will go to them.
LLMs are intelligence without agency—what we might call "vox sine persona": voice without person. Not the voice of someone, not even the collective voice of many someones, but a voice emanating from no one at all.
Tags: benj-edwards, ai-personality, generative-ai, ai, llms
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
• SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
Dylan just returned from a month-long trip with his wife and two kids, ages 8 and 10. And now, he wants to hear your stories about traveling with your own kids – the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful. Give us a call at (315) 992-7902 and leave us a message with your name and story. Or, you can record a voice memo and email it to us at hello@atlasobscura.com.
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Talk Python: Celebrating Django's 20th Birthday With Its Creators
I recorded this podcast episode recently to celebrate Django's 20th birthday with Adrian Holovaty, Will Vincent, Jeff Triplet, and Thibaud Colas.We didn’t know that it was a web framework. We thought it was a tool for building local newspaper websites. [...]
Django’s original tagline was ‘Web development on journalism deadlines’. That’s always been my favorite description of the project.
Tags: adrian-holovaty, django, python, podcast-appearances
This new piece is part of a collaboration with The Marine Mammal Center! We have made signed prints available and a portion of all proceeds go to them.
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
You can now bookmark any web page in FeedCity. Use the bookmarklet or iOS Shortcut to save an article, a podcast, or a video for later reading, listening or watching.
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
• SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
The story of a stork, a spear and a scientific mystery that led to breakthroughs in the way we understand bird migration.
All week, we’re featuring the stories behind a few of our favorite things – from ancient hams to mummified fingers. Want to tell us about your own favorite unusual object? Give us a call at 315-992-7902 and leave a message, record a voice memo and email it to us at hello@atlasobscura.com. We may air your story on a future episode!
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Tags: computer-history, guido-van-rossum, python, youtube
A group of 15-20 families in South Portland, Maine have installed landlines for their kids instead of giving them cellphones. The landlines “helped their children become better listeners and more empathetic communicators”.
