Judging AI based on free-tier ChatGPT is like evaluating the state of smartphones by using a flip phone. 

Excellent article by Matt Shumer. Here’s an excerpt:

How fast this is actually moving

Let me make the pace of improvement concrete, because I think this is the part that’s hardest to believe if you’re not watching it closely.

In 2022, AI couldn’t do basic arithmetic reliably. It would confidently tell you that 7 × 8 = 54.

By 2023, it could pass the bar exam.

By 2024, it could write working software and explain graduate-level science.

By late 2025, some of the best engineers in the world said they had handed over most of their coding work to AI.

On February 5th, 2026, new models arrived that made everything before them feel like a different era.

If you haven’t tried AI in the last few months, what exists today would be unrecognizable to you.

Read the full article here: https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening

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Also of note, the study suggests that wearable EEG devices could help identify individuals at risk for dementia, paving the way for earlier interventions. Maybe someday your Apple Watch will be able to detect the signs of future cognitive impairment.

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UPDATE: As of August 2024, Humane is scrambling to stabilize as it hits $1 million in total returns against $9 million in sales (as reported by the Verge).

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So far, one of the most beneficial real-world uses for me has been with writing regular expressions. I use regex primarily with Google Analytics or Looker Studio – and only sparingly. So each time I want to use regex I have to “relearn” how to write an effective (and accurate) regular expression. Enter ChatGPT.

I gave the following prompt to ChatGPT:

Create a regular expression to find all pages that begin with /part-finder-single/ and contain lookup=vin

Within about 2 seconds, ChatGPT responded not only with the regular expression I needed (see below), but also an explanation of the components used with examples of strings that would match as well as strings that would not match. Take a look.

Sure, here’s a regular expression that should match all pages that start with “/part-finder-single/” and contain “lookup=vin” anywhere after it:

^/part-finder-single/.*lookup=vin.*

Here’s a breakdown of the different components of this regular expression:

• ^ matches the beginning of the string.
• /part-finder-single/ matches the literal characters “/part-finder-single/”.
• .* matches zero or more of any character after the “/part-finder-single/” part.
• lookup=vin matches the literal characters “lookup=vin”.
• .* matches zero or more of any character after the “lookup=vin” part.

So this regular expression will match strings like:

• /part-finder-single/?lookup=vin&make=Toyota
• /part-finder-single/?year=2022&lookup=vin
• /part-finder-single/?lookup=vin&model=Corolla
• /part-finder-single/abc123?lookup=vin&make=Honda

but it won’t match strings that don’t start with “/part-finder-single/” or don’t contain “lookup=vin”, such as:

• /part-finder-single/
• /part-finder-single/?lookup=vehicle
• /part-finder-single/1234567890
• /part-finder-single/?make=Ford&model=Mustang

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There are many statistical measures that show how productive the U.S. is. Its economy is the largest in the world and grew at a rate of 4.1 percent last quarter, its fastest pace since 2014. The unemployment rate is near the lowest mark in a half century.

What can be harder to decipher is how Americans use their land to create wealth. The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures that Americans use to feed themselves, power their economy and extract value for business and pleasure.

Putting all those pieces together, this map gives you a rough sense of all the ways U.S. land is used. Much of U.S. land serves specific purposes, such as the 2 million acres devoted to golf courses or the 3 million acres for airports.

Read the full article to get more details.

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