Check out [[Daily Reading]] for context. ## Today's Picks of the Internet #### [Can a Startup Kill ChatGPT?](https://every.to/chain-of-thought/can-a-startup-kill-chatgpt) - Disruption in tech in the age of Chatbots powered by Generative AI - The battle between the giants is popularised. But, equally important is the battle between the "smaller guys" looking to infiltrate sectors - Building an AI product has become massively easier for a "startup" or "solopreneuer" now due to the commoditisation of AI, ironically due to the clash between big corps (everyone trying to outshine each other, eg: the OpenAI vs Google battle) - Reminds me of the sheep and wolf story ;) - The biggest area where a startup can go ahead is in how they handle "risk" - Chatbots are risky as any info they provide will make them responsible for it - Ways to distribute this risk - Open source - APIs to enable 3rd party apps - Custom chatbot personalities #### [Introducing Dev, the first AI software engineer](https://www.cognition-labs.com/introducing-devin) I am just mind blown to be honest. #### [How Do They Know This?](https://quillette.com/2022/12/08/how-do-they-know-this/) - A brief review of Georgina Sturge's book - "bad data" - Talks about statistics in the realm of politics - Numbers released by politicians are always supposed to be taken with a pinch of salt - Misinterpretation of stats is a key issue - "If you take one point away from _Bad Data_ it should be that the vast majority of statistics are estimates, some of them are very rough estimates, and statisticians are constrained by limited resources and bounded knowledge." --- #### Like what you see? Would you like to support me? Easy! Head over to [this link](https://refind.com/?invite=7b7e76f6e0) and subscribe to receive **Refind** newsletters. Every day Refind picks the most relevant links from around the web for you. Loved by 400k curious minds.