Tech Giants Competing in the Arena of AI Technology Marks the Beginning of a New Era | ✉️ #12
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Reading the recent technology news, I realized that I am optimistic about the future of technology. For once, I feel that we are about to make a new quality leap and a new technological era is about to dawn. I haven't felt this way for a long time, and in general I've lived with a feeling of utter disappointment for a long time. Remember, for example, how we used to happily check-in at the workplace, in cafes, at home the moment we step in. What has become of this app now? I don't understand how we decided, in a mass outburst, that leaking our own location to the public in real time was a great idea. And that realization was the milestone after which I started to look at most things with a lot of skepticism. And often the first question I had when I discovered a new app or service was "why?!"
We've spent a significant portion of our available capacity creating things for momentary enjoyment, narrowing our attention span, and giving old men a reason to yell at the cloud. But now that's starting to change. More and more I notice tools and applications that I add to my collection that work based on fundamentally new approaches. For example, plugins for Figma based on artificial intelligence Magician and Genius.design. These are not networks that do everything for you. But tools that intuitively complement what the designer is doing. Or here's iA Presenter, which creates text-based presentations and helps you structure and design.
Now that the tech giants have entered the game, I can't wait to see what comes out of the competition between ChatGPT and Bard. Of course, a bright future won't come right away. The public reaction to Bard's mistake during the presentation reminds me that our society is still driven by fleeting stimuli. However, the brightness of the picture of the future that is drawn before me outshines these minor frustrations. Just imagine what video games with these technologies will be capable of. An NPC who speaks not in pre-written phrases, but who independently generates answers to the player's real questions based on the array of information available to that particular NPC about the game world and the player's past experiences.
What a time to be alive!
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10 Questions about Google Cloud Platform for Beginners: We discuss and answer 10 most frequently asked questions about Google Cloud Platform that most beginners often ask. Answers by Pablo, check out his GCP Workshop this March.
Argo CD Clusters and Repositories - Two Core Components: In the second lesson of our Argo CD Lightning Course we are going to configure two core components inside Argo CD server - repositories and clusters.
Installing Openshift on GCP: In this article we will learn how to install Openshoft on GCP and all the tricks that we need to know to make our IPI installation a successful installation.
Kubernetes Secrets with GitOps and Sealed Secrets Controller: Managing secrets with GitOps approach is challenging. In this article we will take a quick look at a Sealed Secrets Controller, a nice utility that simplifies GitOps Kubernetes Secrets a lot.
What We've Discovered
AWS Fault Isolation Boundaries: An official overview of all the ways differnet parts of AWS are isolated from each other.
Things They Didn’t Teach You about Software Engineering: Lots of hard truths. Some are obvious but still worth revisiting.
Risk Assessments for AWS Access Are Not Just for Large Companies: A simple workflow for doing a risk assessment for AWS, with step by step walkthrough.
The 12 Platform Challenges - Recap: A series of 12 articles on challenges involved in building an internal platform.
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Use Public CAs for Internal Infrastructures: 2 out of 3 are kind of obvious to most, but the 3rd deserves a bit more attention. If you are using Public CA, anyone can query certs and learn a bit more about your internal infrastructure.
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