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agwp commented on AI agents are starting to eat SaaS martinalderson.com/posts/... · Posted by u/jnord

Crowberry · 2 months ago

I second this. Most of our customers IT department struggle to look at the responses from their failed API calls. Their systems and organisations are just too big.

As it stands today; just a bit of complexity is all that is required to make AI Agents fail. I expect the gap to narrow over the years of course. But capturing complex business logic and simplifying it will probably be useful and worth paying for a long time into the future.

agwp · 2 months ago

Also, for many larger companies, access to internal data and systems is only granted to authorized human users and approved applications/agents. Each approval is a separate request.

This means for any "manual" or existing workflow requiring a access to several systems, that requires multiple IT permissions with defined scopes. Even something as simple as a sales rep sending a DocuSign might need:

- CRM access

- DocuSign access

- Possibly access to ERP (if CRM isn't configured to pass signed contract status and value across)

- Possibly access to SharePoint / Power Automate (if finance/legal/someone else has created internal policy or process, e.g. saving a DocuSign PDF to a folder, inputting details for handover to fulfilment or client success, or submitting ticket to finance so invoicing can be set up)

agwp commented on UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by anyone under 16 alecmuffett.com/article/1... · Posted by u/nvarsj

matheusmoreira · 2 months ago

> any relevant device supplied for use in the UK must have installed tamper-proof system software

It's happening. Computer freedom, everything the word "hacker" ever stood for, will be officially destroyed if this passes. We're about to be robbed of control over our computers by force of law. It's just the UK now but eventually it will be every country.

This is a very dark day. I've been prophesizing its arrival for a while now. I was secretly hoping I was wrong about everything, that we'd turn this around, that we'd enshrine a right to control our computers into law. The opposite is happening instead. It's so sad...

agwp · 2 months ago

The absurd thing is that the amendment only covers smartphones and tablets - which means those who the bill aims to target can easily break the law by using a laptop, desktop, camera, smart TV etc.

In short, the Pandora's Box of automated surveillance and security risk on any smartphone or tablet is opened, while a gigantic loophole for serious offenders is left open.

agwp commented on OpenAI needs to raise at least $207B by 2030 ft.com/content/23e54a28-6... · Posted by u/akira_067

jack_pp · 3 months ago

> And for context, search advertising is 40% of digital ad revenue.

But all the search companies have their own AI so how would OAI make money in this sector?

agwp · 3 months ago

Several ways, although I'm not sure whether the below will happen:

1. Paid ads - ChatGPT could offer paid listings at the top of its answers, just like Google does when it provides a results page. Not all people will necessarily leave Google/Gemini for future search queries, but some of the money that used to go to Google/Bing could now go to OpenAI.

2. Behavioral targeting based on past ChatGPT queries. If you have been asking about headache remedies, you might see ads for painkillers - both within ChatGPT and as display ads across the web.

3. Affiliate / commission revenue - if you've asked for product recommendations, at least some might be affiliate links.

The revenue from the above likely wouldn't cover all costs based on their current expenditure. But it would help a bit - particularly for monetizing free users.

Plus, I'm sure there will be new advertising models that emerge in time. If an advertiser could say "I can offer $30 per new customer" and let AI figure out how to get them and send a bill, that's very different to someone setting up an ad campaign - which involves everything from audience selection and creative, to bid management and conversion rate optimization.

agwp commented on iPhone 17 chip becomes the fastest single-core CPU in the world on PassMark tomshardware.com/pc-compo... · Posted by u/fork-bomber

gpm · 4 months ago

I recommend the clay based brick market. I'm not certain how I'd find statistics but I'm pretty sure they've sold more than 3 billion units.

agwp · 4 months ago

> clay based brick

The original ceramic shield. So durable that it lasts centuries. You can even use it for housing.

agwp commented on Launch HN: Recall.ai (YC W20) – API for meeting recordings and transcripts · Posted by u/davidgu

agwp · 5 months ago

Have you explored using speaker diarization and speaker identification, given that pyannote etc. takes this approach?

I'm curious given your decision to capture speaker names from the screen. I see the merits during desktop recording, but I can also see how this limits utility when trying to offer the same functionality across desktop and other scenarios (e.g. in-person meetings, audio uploads etc.)

agwp commented on UK's hardware talent is being wasted josef.cn/blog/uk-talent... · Posted by u/sebg

bArray · a year ago

I'm somewhat bucking this trend as a hardware engineer in London, a few comments:

> Geographical Constraints: Unlike lucrative software jobs, hardware engineering demands physical presence.

Not completely true. Our engineers take hardware home, and I have a mini-lab at home for developing hardware. If COVID2.0 kicked off tomorrow, we would be robust against this.

> Venture Capital: European VCs, mostly bullish on fintech and SaaS, remain wary of hardware. Result? A feedback loop of underinvestment and missed opportunities.

Extremely true. I cannot overstate how wary of hardware investors are. As with software, you have two types of hardware: research-based and engineering-based. Engineering-based hardware is actually quite low risk if the risks are well understood.

> Innovation Stagnation: We're not just losing salary differences; we're missing out on the next ARM or Tesla.

100%. Even when the UK accidentally creates the likes of ARM, it always fails to stop it being purchased by other Countries.

> False. London is around the same as NYC and more expensive than most parts of California and definitely Texas. This also ignores:

I'll put some numbers to it. If you want a house share (one bedroom, shared common rooms and utilities), at a £1600 budget you will struggle to find somewhere. On a £25k salary, losing £5k to pension, etc, your ENTIRE salary goes on accommodation. If you are one of those pesky eating humans who sometimes requires clothes, travels to work, etc, it's literally impossible.

> "UK's small market limits growth."

In any situation you have to realise the opportunity. As the article points out, the hardware engineers are 25%-50% of their US counterparts at the same quality.

> Your next unicorn isn't code. It's cobalt and circuits. Back the tangible.

It's actually a mixture of the two. Software and hardware working in tangent. The barrier to entry with software is very low, it's difficult to compete there. The barrier to entry to hardware is higher due to time and costs, you can work there and have less concern about competitors.

The profit margins are also far higher, as there is a tangible thing, there is a greater perception of value. You buy <Software> and it takes a year to develop. You spend another year writing <Update>, people expect to get it for free, despite the same resources being applied. When you buy <Hardware>, the next iteration which is a year of <Update> can be sold at full price, and people will pay it.

agwp · a year ago

Aside from computer hardware, another industry that the UK is nowhere near ambitious on (despite its fortunate geography) is offshore wind power.

This is an area with ridiculous potential in the UK if the will and the financing was there to build it.

[Conservative analysis shows](https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/can-solar-and-wind...) that if only 10% of the UK's EEZ was used for offshore wind, it would produce >2000 TWh annually (over 2 trillion kWh).

That is equivalent to half of [all the electricity consumed by the United States](https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/use-of-elect....) - from a country with five times fewer people, a GDP one-eighth the size and a total land area 39 times smaller.

Not only would developing this sector be an industrial driver in itself, but the sheer excess of carbon-free power could be used to power the growth of other sectors - from energy-intensive data centers to heavy industry. Needless to say it would also act as some protection given geopolitical risks with fossil fuel supplies.

And also the [development of novel energy storage solutions](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/thermal-...) means concerns about periods of low wind will likely become less of an issue over time.

agwp commented on Gibbons move with rhythm and intention. Dare we say style? nytimes.com/2024/09/14/sc... · Posted by u/Thevet

agwp · a year ago

Link to the academic research paper on which this is based: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.29.610299v1....

Citation: Dance displays in gibbons: Biological and linguistic perspectives on structured, intentional and rhythmic body movement C. Coye, K.R. Caspar, P. Patel-Grosz bioRxiv 2024.08.29.610299; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.29.610299