Nic Mulvaney

“Unfortunately, using an advanced analytics package I’ve projected that around May 2026 the YouTube homepage will just be one video, and by September there will be no videos at all on the homepage.”

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The Hidden Cost of AI Coding AI coding tools boost productivity but may sacrifice the flow state and deep satisfaction developers experience when writing code by hand. What are we losing?

“flow is that sweet spot where challenge meets skill, where the task at hand is neither too easy (causing boredom) nor too difficult (causing anxiety). It’s a state strongly associated with creativity, productivity, and most importantly — happiness.”

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“The next time you use something that works so well you barely notice it, remember that somewhere, a designer solved a problem so thoroughly that both the problem and its solution became invisible.”

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Voice AI is being deployed today in a wide range of business contexts, from collecting patient data prior to healthcare appointments to handling an increasing variety of call center tasks.

YouTube video by Level 2 Jeff It's easier than ever to de-censor videos

Reverse engineering pixelated content. Nice. youtube.com/watch?v=acKY...

One for @jackrhysider.bsky.social

DolphinGemma is a foundational AI model trained to learn the structure of dolphin vocalizations and generate novel dolphin-like sound sequences, pushing the boundaries of interspecies communication.

GPT-4.1 is highly steerable and responsive to well-specified prompts, showing improved adherence to user instructions compared to its predecessors.

YouTube video by TED This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

Look after facts. You’ll miss them when they’re gone.

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#TED #AI #Trump #Privacy

Overall, consistency, user control, and actual UX innovation are in decline. Everything is converging on TikTok—which is basically TV with infinite channels. You don’t control anything except the channel switch.

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I love that the Firefly ‘Blue Ghost’ lunar lander has it's own branded vacuum cleaner. edition.cnn.com/science/liv...

YouTube video by Silism Steve Jobs Predicts ChatGPT 40 Years Ago

Steve Jobs predicts LLMs 40 years ago.

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Chatbox screenshot of asking an LLM how to spell "COMPUTER" it thinks and figures it out.

Fun seeing all the hmms, yeps and maybes... (smallest 1.5b model)

YouTube video by AI Search This open source AI crushes everything - DeepSeek R1

Giving DeepSeek R1 a whirl locally. This should be fun.
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Why does James Blake’s first album still feel like the most modern album I've ever heard?

tape! - the pocket audio sketchbook Compact, battery powered, four-track stereo recorder and asynchronous looper.

Looks fun!

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Bypassing regulatory locks, Faraday cages and upgrading your hearing How we bypassed Apple's regulatory restrictions, built a Faraday cage and enabled georestricted features on the Airpods Pro 2 for our grandparents.

Wow. building a Faraday cage just to unlock an EQ setting on AirPods. Clever stuff. lagrangepoint.substack.com/p/airpods-he...

Ha, I guess I’m so used to seeing the prompts accompanying surreal photos. I’m glad it’s not AI.

Does Bluesky generate alt tags that look like an ai prompt?

Is this a real photo?

For a company named after a large number, you’re not too great with them, Google.

‎Big Emoji: Fun Learning Games ‎Transform the simple joy of emojis into a fun and educational adventure for curious young minds. “Big Emoji” offers three exciting experiences: • Emoji Bingo: Play a fun game of bingo with a friend....

I made a free iOS app for kids to play with emojis. It’s called Big Emoji. Check it out! apps.apple.com/gb/app/big-e...

Unfinished Projects Release Form — April Soetarman April Soetarman is an artist, designer, and writer who creates public art, installations, interactive narratives, and weird side projects.

Love these! - a permission slip for letting go.

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It probably won’t be you An interactive exploration of our lottery instincts.

Here’s an interactive article I published about the odds of winning the lottery. I would love to hear your thoughts.

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Start auditing and controlling the AI models accessing your content Cloudflare customers on any plan can now audit and control how AI models access the content on their site.

Cloudflare also has a more in-depth AI Audit dashboard. blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-a...