Publication bias is a PITA. We all suffer from that. Even when I'm doing this weekly newsletter, I try to get some interesting articles to talk about in a positive way, to get your interest, but sometimes it's really hard to publish the null and dull articles - that I also find interesting but requires a deep understanding and I know that my audience here is quite broad. I can then imagine this in science and publishing scientific papers, the null results will not be published, which leads to publication bias. At least this bias is different from the other media that we get as news - which the bias right now is absurdly high. So, whilst open science practices are being promoted to address publication bias, their adoption is uneven across different regions and fields, resulting in inconsistent progress towards truly transparent and inclusive scientific practices.

I've been a long time user and evangelist for Amazon Alexa and Echo devices. I have one practically in every room and the first Echo (the tower with a rotating nob) was the first to be bricked by Amazon - which then later I 'hacked' and got it to register and connect again to wifi. But the current strategy is all wrong as they're just relaunching the same device over and over again, without any innovation or even proper 'intelligence'. Amazon has so much data, preferences and knowledge that could make the Alexa what ChatGPT is now, but it skipped all of that and now is trying to find its meaning on this modern GenAI world. Having a paid tier for Alexa is just to shoot yourself in the feet and then complaining about it.

Intel is in deep trouble. The recent issues with their CPUs is another nail in their coffin. Also the entire computer industry is in trouble now with the UEFI security issues. Anyway, if you're having an ARM CPU right now, you're doing something wrong. The x86 architectures and in particular Intel CPU's are still trying to catchup with the Apple M1 from 4 years ago and they're nowhere near what they should be. But in the ARM world the competition is ferociously and hard to keep up. Obviously the semiconductor manufacturers are competing to get the faster ARM architecture and capabilities. Even OpenAI want their own cake.

I can't geek out enough for this! It's really fascinating how we're creating the future. The digital mind will be modelled as a network of parallel-processing modules that interact, much like a neural network. This central module processes inputs and generates actions, similar to how language models function. Finally the model emphasises mechanisms for learning and self-reflection to enhance understanding and decision-making. Love it!