During a 100-day sprint to brush up on AI knowledge, I'll be recording interesting stories, thoughts, and questions in these notes.
Is the future autonomous systems that plan, reason, and act. From virtual project managers to due diligence agents, it promises efficiency but faces oversight challenges. Plus funding roundup and book recommendation.
Boston Dynamics' new Atlas robot plunges into the "uncanny valley" with its disturbing contortions and inhuman movements. Pushing too far into unsettling human mimicry may make their robots less comfortable for real-world human interaction.
Meta's new Megalodon AI can perfectly understand any length of text. Its special tech, such as complex moving averages and smart normalization, beats other AIs. But do we really need infinite text ability?
