There’s a buzz of excitement around data engineering right now, and for a good reason. Since its inception, there has been no slowdown in the data engineering field. New technologies and concepts are appearing particularly fast lately. As we near the end of 2022, it is a good moment to take a step back and evaluate the current state of data engineering.
What may the data engineer role of today look like in the future? Will it even exist? In this blog post, I look at the past and the present of the data engineering role, examining emerging trends to offer you some predictions about the future. Read More
Daily Archives: October 25, 2022
Will AI take over the world?
Worried Alexa’s busy plotting our extinction while sitting on your kitchen counter? Don’t worry, artificial intelligence isn’t that smart… yet.
Artificial intelligence armageddon. We’ve all chatted about it in the pub, haven’t we? Even if it’s an ironic little, “Ah well, work won’t matter when AI’s doing everything and we’re all dead,” between drinks.
And to be fair, it has been a pretty big year for artificial intelligence. Back in July, an ex-Google engineer made headlines after claiming the company’s LaMDA technology had become sentient (it hadn’t). And earlier this month, an AI addressed parliament with a speech more authoritative than anything Liz Truss managed to say during her minuscule tenure as prime minister.
Maybe a world run by AI doesn’t seem too far-fetched, after all. Could this mysterious bit of technology really change the world as we know it? Read More
Chinese EV maker Xpeng debuts most advanced semi-autonomous driving system to rival Tesla
- Xpeng took the wraps off XNGP, its latest advanced driver-assistance system. The software enables the car to carry out some driving functions automatically but requires a driver behind the wheel.
- The company said XNGP will roll out later this year in certain cities in China and it will be available with the G9 Max, its top-spec sport utility vehicle.
- Xpeng said in a press release that XNGP is the final step “before full autonomous driving is realized.” XNGP is Xpeng’s answer to Tesla’s Autopilot. Read More
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People Can’t Stop Feeding Their Selfies into a Super Mean AI
THIS NEURAL NETWORK HAS A REALLY BAD ATTITUDE.
There’s a hot new AI on the block, but instead of generating images, this one analyzes them and spits out crude roasts of anyone they depict.
The AI, known as the CLIP Interrogator and created by a generative artist who goes by the handle Pharmapsychotic, is technically a tool to figure out “what a good prompt might be to create new images like an existing one.” Read More
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