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OP's condition is likely very common among hn readership. Looked at positively, it is indicative of a desire to remain abreast of the very fast moving technolog
by eternalban 4y ago
OP's condition is likely very common among hn readership. Looked at positively, it is indicative of a desire to remain abreast of the very fast moving technology curve on various fronts. The issue is, in part, our bandwidth limitation.
Tools may help to some extent and the heavy lifting bits are already done by others (e.g. https://typeset.io/ https://typeset.io/). A simple browser extension could use such services and provide a more compact information package to consume. And a bit later down the line, we'll likely can train AI to learn our informational preferences (and/or goals) and further package and curate 'what you need to read', etc.
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After playing with GPT-3, diving a bit into the LLMs (to understand the magic), the thought occurred that if a primitive information processing network -- primitive compared to the one we have in our cranium -- can do this, and this magic is mainly and principally due to massive data consumption, then 'read everything you can get your hands on' is a sensible imperative.