Nicholas Napp
@nicholasnapp
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Nerd. Especially about AR/VR/MR/XR, AI and Blockchain. Steering Committee member for IEEE's Metaverse initiative. Lover of good narrative & bad jokes.
Rhode Island, USA
Joined June 2007
As someone who has successfully(?) avoided going deep on databases for 25+ years, a basic grasp of SQL with AI help is a magical combo. If you want local, get a Pi or similar. You can just nuke it if things go badly.
@Mappletons Tbh spend an hour learning the basics of SQL, then have ChatGPT write all your queries. With just that baseline, you’ll have enough knowledge to debug when the AI generated query is wrong and figure out what it’s actually doing.
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Agreed. Arguably worse though is the increasing use of "parabolic" as a term to describe growth. Have they ever *looked* at a parabola? Depending on orientation, you are either saying the end will be awful or the middle will suck! 🤔.
The rate at which people misuse the word exponential is growing. exponentially. * Wishes there was a strike-through text formatting option on twitter/X.
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Deeply saddened to hear about the untimely death of @rsaracco. He was a genuinely charming, insightful and engaging individual. I had multiple opportunities to collaborate and co-present with him, and I enjoyed them all.
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This is amazing. PowerPoint would be so much more fun if presentations still worked this way.
Before PowerPoint, DuPont had a Chart Room. Made in 1919, it was considered so vital that its existence was secret for 40 years. Charts would zoom towards the board on monorails. The original version was a set of fixed slides that executives in wheelie chairs would be pushed past
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This is the most amazing life hack ever. Genius!.
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Can we all just agree that SBF stands for "Spectacular Bank Fraud", and go back to getting on with our lives?.
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It's that time of the year again!.#AWE2023.
It's going to be AWE-some! @IEEEFutureDir's own @klgrise, @JeewikaR, @nicholasnapp, and @dejanm will be featured speakers at @ARealityEvent. They'll be discussing "Advancing and Navigating the #IEEE Expansive #Metaverse" on 1 June 2023. Join us: #AWE2023
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6/ I'm not suggesting this is AGI, but it is fascinating complex behavior. Personally, I think AGI is the wrong measure because it's based on a far too anthropomorphic view of the universe. Is GPT4 Intelligent? No idea. Does it display intelligence? Absolutely.
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5/ Yes, fun was had. But there are also some seriously impressive things happening here in terms of understanding context. Apart from the correct use of emojis, #PegLegLife shows humor and understanding of the broader context. As does the closer, "Stay wavey!".
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4/ So, like, follow my journey and let's see where this adventure takes us, besties! Don't forget to like, comment, and duet with me, and use the hashtag #AhabVsMobyDick. Let's make this trend, y'all! 🌊💙. Bye for now, fam! Stay wavey! 🌊🤙.
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3/ LOL, I know, right? 🤪 So, this whale, he's like, not just any whale, y'all. He took my leg! 😵 Can you believe it? #PegLegLife 🏴☠️ I'm, like, totally gonna get my revenge on this big ol' fish. He's not gonna know what hit him! 💥. #promptengineering.
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2/ .OMG, like, hey there #WhaleSquad! 🐳 It's your boy, Captain Ahab, coming at you from the Pequod! So, like, I've got this, like, totes amaze mission going on, okay? We're, like, totally searching for this, like, super elusive white whale, Moby Dick! 😱. #promptengineering.
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1/ GPT4 is happy to impersonate literary figures. But you can also make it do so much more. Prompt: "As Captain Ahab, can you pretend to be a teenage tik tok influencer and tell me about your quest for the whale?". A thread. #GPT4 #ChatGPTPlus #PromptEngineering.
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Fascinating how quickly this is evolving.
Excited to share the pre-release of world's first AI tutor trained on your own course content powered by ChatGPT and developed using @LangChainAI by @hwchase17. Now deliver a never before seen interactive learning experience 📷 . #ai #nocode #buildinpublic #indiedev #ChatGPT
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The sting in the tail of Section 174 is going to absolutely cripple small companies doing R&D. Simple summary: the IRS now say that R&D expenses have to be amortized, not treated as an expense. Net result: huge tax bill for business owners.
wsj.com
A piece of the 2017 tax law requiring companies to spread deductions for research costs over five years instead of taking them immediately is going into effect now, leaving some small firms owing the...
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I was not expecting to wake up today and have small dreams crushed. .
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As ever, @rsaracco summarizes this better than I would. There are *many* ethical and societal implications of AI that need to be discussed. But you ignore it at your peril. In the past few weeks I've moved from serious skeptic to wide-eyed disbelief at the potential.
AI won’t steal your job, people leveraging AI will
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Got to love LinkedIn. Just received a message from someone I was at school with. We've really not kept in touch & it's been over 30 years since I last saw them. So obviously timing was perfect to send a spammy sales message for their consulting services. Where do I sign?.
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PSA for anyone attending #CES2023. Badge pickup is a hot mess. If you think the lines at the airport and hotels are long, they're nothing compared to onsite. Been in line for almost 90 mins and I don't have a badge yet. #fail #fairwarning.
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