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Episode 504: Socrates Didn’t Whiteboard


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This week, we discuss the latest news about DeepSeek, how to make sense of the countless hot takes, and a review of The Nvidia Way. Plus, some thoughts on Valentine’s Day.

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Runner-up Titles
  • The Paperclip Apocalypse
  • Markets Over Management
  • The Nest Egg
  • This is cheaper than therapy
  • Valentine’s Day
  • “Turns out, guys…”
  • You can burn a candle out, and when it’s out there’s no candle.
  • I don’t think Jensen is struggling
  • Rundown
    • DeepSeek
      • China's DeepSeek appears to have built AI models that rival OpenAI, while allegedly using much less money, chips, and energy.
      • DeepSeek FAQ
      • DeepSeek and the Enterprise
      • Four big reasons to worry about DeepSeek (and four reasons to calm down)
      • DeepSeek Disruption Has Its Upside
      • Dario Amodei — On DeepSeek and Export Controls
      • Bonus Clouded Judgement - Inference Time Compute
      • CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo
      • Relevant to your Interests
        • Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in 'horribly shortsighted' decision
        • Rethinking developer experience at T-Mobile: DevEx vs devprod, exec buy-in, and developer self-service
        • FTC Finalizes Long-Awaited Updates to Children's Privacy Rule
        • FTC Finalizes Changes to Children’s Privacy Rule Limiting Companies’ Ability to Monetize Kids’ Data
        • Free OpenAI & every-LLM API Pricing Calculator
        • GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time
        • Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models
        • We’re launching Opengrep, a fork of Semgrep CE
        • Semaphore is Going Open Source in 30 days
        • OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies
        • "Digital shoplifting" is on the rise among the well-off Gen Z crowd
        • Kubernetes Cloud Repatriation Saves Millions for Data Platform Provider
        • Warp vs. Ghostty: Which Terminal App Meets Your Dev Needs?
        • Cheriton School of Computer Science researchers’ update to Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30%
        • Stargate artificial intelligence project to exclusively serve OpenAI
        • Nonsense
          • Why Speaking Like a Wanker at Work Is Essential
          • Stripe accidentally sent an image of a duck when notifying some employees they were getting laid off
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