2024

Tyler Cowen's blog post "Best Things First" discusses Bjorn Lomborg's book of the same name, which identifies the twelve most impactful solutions for global poverty and achieving Sustainable Development Goals. via Marginal Revolution

The t-test, a statistical method used to determine statistical significance, was invented at the Guinness brewery. via Scientific American

Dave Kellogg's blog post contrasts "play to win" and "play to make plan" strategies in enterprise software, highlighting the differences between aggressive growth and steady profitability. via Kellblog.

Hacker News users are sharing custom prompts designed to make ChatGPT provide better responses.

This issue of Cool Tools Recomendo features tips for knowledge management, including an interview about AI and suggestions for using technology to catalog your personal library. via Cool Tools

Simon Willison is presenting "LLMs on the command line," at the "Mastering LLMs" online conference, a multi-week event that expanded from a short course on fine-tuning LLMs to now also include speakers like Jeremy Howard and Sophia Yang from Mistral.