Rami's Readings #36
Welcome to Rami’s Readings #36 - a weekly digest of interesting articles, videos, Twitter threads from my various sources across the Internet. Expect a list of reads covering technology, business, culture, fashion, travel and more. Learn about what I do at ramisayar.com/about.
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🤖 AI Reads
Too Much [AI-Generated] Misinformation? The Issue Is Demand, Not Supply
Notes: Tyler Cowen has an interesting economics perspective on AI-generated misinformation.
Deepfake Election Interference in Slovakia
Notes: From Bruce Schneier. Interesting read especially for countries with political media blackouts right before Election Day.
AI Bias Tests Gloss over a Crucial Aspect of Skin Color, Sony Research Claims
Notes: Clearly more bias research is needed.
Language Models Represent Space and Time
Notes: Neat paper from MIT - but this is not a concluded topic.
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude Sure, AI tools like GPT-4 are fun and interesting. But are they practical? Can they help us do something truly useful… like, say, translate a 1,200 page book about demons written by an obscure sixteenth-century Jesuit theologian? Let’s find out! Test 1: Noonday demons of the Libyan desert (1599… Res Obscura · 3 years ago · 19 likes · 3 comments · Benjamin Breen Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
💼 Business Reads
Key Taiwan Tech Firms Helping Huawei With China Chip Plants
Notes: Taiwanese tech firms may have a different probability of conflict - it seems.
The 4 Billion Pieces of Paper Keeping Global Trade Afloat
Notes: This long read is a fascinating look into the paperwork required to ship containers around the world.
🛡️CyberSecurity Reads
Say (an Encrypted) Hello to a More Private Internet.
Notes: ECH will soon be enabled by default in Firefox.
✈️ Travel Reads
Japan Airlines Revamps First Class With Luxury Double-Bed Suites
Notes: Beautiful! Good to see competition to the QSuites and other ultra-luxury first class cabins.
🔀 Other Reads
Medieval Murder Maps
Notes: Cambridge University throwing shade 🌑 at Oxford University. 🤣 🤣 🤣
That is all for this week. Signing off from Redmond.