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Simon Willison summarizes Andrej Karpathy's review of Meta's Llama 3, noting the increase in training tokens and tokenizer size but also the disappointingly small context length.

via @simonw

Wired's Steven Levy details how eight Google employees invented the "transformer" concept, leading to a recent tech breakthrough. via kottke.org

The future of non-alcoholic beverage retail is explored following the bankruptcy of Boisson, highlighting emerging trends. via Modern Retail.

Alison Roman's recipe features a simple, flavorful dressing and roasted vegetables. via The source of this content is Alison Roman's website.

Authors Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon draw parallels between ecosystem monoculture and the internet's consolidation under a few tech giants, advocating for antitrust laws and interoperability mandates to "rewild" it. via Noema Magazine

Ken Kantzer shares practical lessons learned from using OpenAI's models, including a simple token estimation method and challenges with structured data extraction.

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Simon Willison quotes Molly White's argument that large language models may only offer small productivity gains because they're only somewhat useful for mundane tasks. via @simonw

Molly White's newsletter post explores the potential benefits and significant drawbacks of AI tools, questioning if AI's benefits outweigh its ethical and societal costs. via @citneedednews

Venkatesh Rao's essay, "The Extended Internet Universe," is featured in "The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet," a new book exploring the "dark forest" theory of the internet. via Ribbonfarm.

Cool Tools' tenth issue of "Books That Belong On Paper" reviews "A Beginner’s Guide to Immortality: From Alchemy to Avatars" and "Goldfish Ghost." via Cool Tools.