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What 300GB of AI Research Reveals About the True Limits of “Zero-Shot” Intelligence
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How We Turned the iPhone into a Laboratory Microscope with AI and BLE,
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By @OurAI [ 6 Min read ] System prompting is a powerful guardrail to help ensure the alignment of AI, but will it be able to withstand the test of time? Read More.
By @hacker33457372 [ 22 Min read ] Discover how an iPhone was transformed into a powerful laboratory microscope for real-time blood cell analysis using ML, Bluetooth and GRBL controller Read More.
By @barberion [ 4 Min read ] BarbaricBoot: Reboot like a barbarian. No more click-by-click. No more hesitation. Just pure, parallel power. Read More.
By @vladimir [ 10 Min read ] This essay traces the evolution of censorship from the Soviet-era suppression to modern, more sophisticated digital manipulation and deepfakes. Read More.
By @fewshot [ 6 Min read ] A study finds multimodal AI models like CLIP need exponential data for linear gains—raising questions about zero-shot generalization claims. Read More.
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