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@shriramk@mastodon.social
2026-01-21 20:39:06

In a world where most code in modern programming languages will be machine-generated, what is the role of an upper-level programming languages course?
Interesting and non-obvious answers please.

@kornel@mastodon.social
2026-03-18 14:41:53

@… It's not entirely the same problem as earlier attempts at making natural-language compilers.
The "large" part of LLM gives it more context and a bit of "common sense". It's still a guess, but drawn from a more likely distribution.
The learned context is so strong they can sometimes surprise Babbage and give right answers…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-10 21:01:42

Amazon expands its healthcare AI assistant Health AI to its website and app; it was previously only available on the app for One Medical (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/amaz

Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app | TechCrunch
Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more.

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-02-16 15:42:03

from my link log —
Towards fearless macros.
lambdaland.org/posts/2023-10-1
saved 2026-02-15

Towards Fearless Macros
Macros are tricky beasts. Most languages—if they have macros at all—usually include a huge “here there be dragons” warning to warn curious would-be macro programmers of the dangers that lurk ahead. What is it about macros that makes them so dangerous and unwieldy? That’s difficult to answer in general: there are many different macro systems with varying degrees of ease-of-use. Moreover, making macros easy to use safely is an open area of research—most languages that have macros don…

@elduvelle@neuromatch.social
2026-01-15 11:30:39
Content warning: Boosting - ICE murder of Renee Good & misogyny

Just boosting this from @… with a CW:
zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/1158

Broadwaybabyto (@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca)
“F*cking b*tch”. We all know what it means. Most women know exactly the type of man who uses that language. Jonathan Ross wasn’t afraid for his life. He didn’t think he was in danger. He shot Renee Nicole Good because she wasn’t afraid. He took her life because he was angry that she didn’t cower in his presence. Didn’t show him the deference he felt he deserved. These are the men DHS gives unchecked power to. I didn’t want to write this article. I didn’t want to wat…

@inthehands@hachyderm.io
2026-02-09 16:34:48

There’s a lesson here, perhaps, about the tangled relationship between what is •typical• and what is •correct•, and what it is that LLMs actually do:
When medical professionals ask medical questions in technical medical language, the answers they get are typically correct.
When non-professional ask medical questions in a perhaps medically ill-formed vernacular mode, the answers they get are typically wrong.
The LLM readily models both of these things. Despite having no notion of correctness in either case, correctness is more statistically typical in one than the other.
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@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-02-04 02:05:51

Microsoft launches the Publisher Content Marketplace in partnership with Condé Nast, Hearst, AP, and others, to let publishers license content to AI companies (Anu Adegbola/Search Engine Land)
searchengineland.com/microsoft

Microsoft launches Publisher Content Marketplace for AI licensing
New marketplace lets publishers set terms, track usage, and get paid when AI systems ground answers in premium, licensed content.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-12 12:41:03

Google launches Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered conversational feature for iOS and Android in the US and India that lets users ask "complex, real-world questions" (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
theverge.com/tech/893262/googl

You can now ask Google Maps ‘complex, real-world questions’ — and Gemini will answer
Google Maps announced two new AI-powered features: Ask Map and Immersive Navigation, letting users ask conversational questions and upgrading the navigation setting to include more details.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-03-02 09:06:13

An interview with Rick Ardon and Susannah Carr, who have helmed 7News Perth's nightly TV news for 40 years and are the world's longest-serving news anchor team (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/03/01/busines

40 Years and 10,000 Broadcasts In, They’re Still Live on Air
Rick Ardon and Susannah Carr have been delivering the news together in Western Australia since 1985 — a Guinness World Record.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-27 15:21:39

Yahoo launches Scout, an AI answer engine powered by Claude, in beta for US users on desktop and mobile, and joins Microsoft's Publisher Content Marketplace (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
axios.com/2026/01/27/yahoo-sco

Yahoo launches AI answer engine, Scout
Scout is on the Yahoo Search app and integrates across Mail, News, Finance and Sports.