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DECEMBER 12, 2023

This ruling in itself raises many questions: how much creativity is needed, and is that the same kind of creativity that an artist exercises with a paintbrush? What should copyright law mean in the age of artificial intelligence? Copyright law says nothing about whether texts are acquired legally or illegally.

Artificial Intelligence 134

Artificial Intelligence Google Media Processing 134

O'Reilly

AUGUST 13, 2024

The problem is that sort() is a great exercise in problem solving, particularly if you force yourself past simple bubble sort to quicksort , merge sort , and beyond. Similarly, I’ve seen arguments that no one needs to learn algorithms. After all, who will ever need to implement sort() ?

Social Media 125

Social Media Media Games Innovation 125

O'Reilly

MARCH 18, 2025

Managing the new risks required everyone to exercise new discipline. The ability to run certain processes 24/7/365 created new efficiencies and risks alike. The efficiencies were double-edged: Automating one process might overwhelm downstream processes that were still done by hand.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Java Software Software 52

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I expected it to stay close to 1, and the experiment would serve no purpose other than exercising my laptop’s fan. This result was remarkable; my intuition told me that the standard deviation wouldn’t collapse. But with this initial result in hand, I couldn’t help going further. I increased the number of iterations again and again.

Programming 121

Programming Code Processing Engineering 121

O'Reilly

JUNE 15, 2023

Governance is not a “once and done” exercise. .” Profit should be an instrumental goal, not a goal in and of itself. And as to our actual goals, Satya put it well in our conversation: “the moral philosophy that guides us is everything.”

Government 130

Government Best Practices Energy Internet 130

O'Reilly

JUNE 13, 2023

An essay isn’t an exercise in providing N*1000 words; it’s the outcome of a thought process that involves engaging with the subject matter. If ChatGPT and ScholarAI facilitate that engagement, I wouldn’t object.

Google 123

Google Programming Database Testing 123

O'Reilly

JUNE 27, 2023

Red-team exercises can uncover weaknesses in the system while it’s still under development. A spike in a certain prompt, for example, could imply that someone has found a weakness and they’ve shared it with others. Be your own adversary: Since outside actors will try to break the chatbot, why not give some insiders a try?

Social Media 128

Social Media Media Website Database 128

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Copying paintings by great artists is still an exercise for aspiring artists—although most of us recognize that more paintings in the style of Vermeer aren’t interesting as works of art. 1 As in literature, copying in painting is usually covert rather than overt.

Social Media 123

Social Media Innovation Media Tuning 123

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Examples of these skills are artificial intelligence (prompt engineering, GPT, and PyTorch), cloud (Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, and Microsoft’s Azure AZ-900 certification), Rust, and MLOps. A higher completion rate could indicate that the course teaches an emerging skill that is required in industry.

Education 110

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