Table of Contents Introduction Programming Jobs Job Market What Top Companies Look For The Technical Interview Study Strategy The Wrong Way The Right Way What Companies Are Evaluating Prerequisites for Algorit…

Dear friends, Busy week in the world of tech. I was up in Mountain View for Google’s biggest event of the year, Google IO. It’s a developer’s conference where programmers learn more about the tools available to build apps, but there is always a more consumer-facing keynote describing all of the neat things Google is working on.

This is a definitive guide to gettting ahead in Tech. Has been a while and is *extremely* detailed and lengthy. This is only for people interested in: 1) going into tech, 2) making a career out of it or 3) helping someone else break into the field

Hey there, Digital Writers! Today, I want to share with you the two main ways I think about interacting with AI: Prompting and Chatting Prompting is your go-to when you have a clear idea of what you want. Chatting is perfect for exploring new topics and uncovering unique angles.

The Generalist delivers in-depth analysis and insights on the world's most successful companies, executives, and technologies. Join us to make sure you don’t miss our next briefing. I’m excited to share today’s Modern Meditations, an interview with Tyler Cowen. For those unfamiliar with his work, Tyler is one of the most inf…

The other big recent news, aside from Sam nonconsensually making a Scarlett Johansson-like character, even after #ScarlettSaidNo, was that Satya unveiled an Orwellian new Microsoft feature called Recall that will (not making this up) take and record locally screenshots of everything you do. (“F^ck that. I don’t want my computer to spy on everything I do…

On today’s Front Page from The Free Press: the commencement speech the class of 2024 needs to hear, our coming dating dystopia, and much more. But first, Free Press senior editor Peter Savodnik on a major story that has gone curiously overlooked.

A bit over a decade ago, the legendary primatologist Jane Goodall and I both appeared in the same documentary, Surviving Progress, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and watched by very few. (Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 71 and describes it as “Stephen Hawking, Jane Goodall, Margaret Atwood and others weigh in with their thoughts on whether the pitfalls…

I’m an American and I am wondering where should I move? If we are about to experience anything remotely like the bombing of Japan during WWII I don’t think I want to stay here and wait for it. Because I can’t fight a bomb or a nuke with my bare hands. Can you?

For years tech giants have been helping climate catastrophists shut down reliable fossil fuel electricity, falsely claiming they can be replaced by solar/wind. Now the grid they've helped gut can't supply their growing AI needs. For the last decade, tech giants

Watch All-In E179 Read our 2023 Annual Letter Caught My Eye… Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals, leading to thousands of retractions and millions of dollars in lost revenue. Where do these studies come from? Scientists are paying 'paper mills’ hundreds and even thousands of dollars to list fabricated papers in scientific j…

Hi, I’m Azeem Azhar. In this week’s edition, we explore Google and OpenAI product announcements and evaluate if they live up to the companies’ substantial investments. In the rest of today’s issue: Need to know: OpenAI loses the yin to its yang The latest departures at OpenAI could deepen a monoculture at the leading AI company.

Summary: AI outputs can be disappointingly conventional. To avoid predictable responses, I like instructing AI engines to be strange. Unexpected, radical ideas can be useful for creative inspiration. Odd perspectives stretch my thinking. Read on for specific ways to prompt AI to break beyond its bland boundaries.

What do recruiters do when AI automates most of what they do? What skills should they acquire to survive? How can they continue to add value and ROI?Future of Talent Weekly Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Racket readers may have noticed it’s been a bit quiet in here of late. That’s because I’ve been spending the last few weeks on an investigative series in cooperation with another site. What seemed like a cut-and-dried report turned into a bit of a rabbit hole on us; hence the delay.

Tom and I recorded an episode of The Retort on OpenAI’s culture shift with this announcement — it’ll be out Friday. Subscribe if that sounds interesting!

Today’s Desiderata is for everyone. It’s been a while since I permanently locked the series for paid subscribers, so newcomers to The Intrinsic Perspective might not know what they’re missing. It’s a regular round-up of links and commentary, as well as an Open Thread and Ask Me Anything in the comments (feel free to make use of this). If you get somethi…

In a season of big AI news, few weeks have felt more significant than this one. OpenAI introduced its new GPT-4o model, Google unveiled a deeper AI vision, and Apple dropped more hints ahead of a massive AI-themed WWDC event. At Big Technology, we also hosted our first public event with Box CEO Aaron Levie, well-timed with the AI news. Our live podcast s…

🚨 Follow us on LinkedIn to be the first to know about new events and content! 🚨 The Future of AI in Education: Google and OpenAI Strategies Unveiled By Ben Kornell

Financial operations are needlessly complex. You have to cobble together a patchwork of tools that aren’t integrated with each other, cost you time, and lead to errors. Mercury simplifies this with banking* and software that powers all your critical

Update: wow, that happened quickly! This event sold out within an hour of us posting it. We want to make sure everyone who signed up for our premium membership gets access so will be building out more dates shortly. Please fill out this short form so we have you on our list and can get you access.

For my second interview in this series about AI and the NHS I have chosen a man who can see both the enormous potential of the technology and the challenges in getting it deployed in the health service. Pearse Keane is a consultant ophthalmologist at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital and a Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence. His life changed in…

Last call for AI Engineer World’s Fair early bird tix! See our Microsoft episode for more. Disclaimer: today’s episode touches on NSFW topics. There’s no graphic content or explicit language, but we wouldn’t recommend blasting this in work environments.

Education Disrupted: Teaching and Learning in An AI World is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I have given AI in education a lot of thought. I -- Co-hosted what was probably the