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ChatGPT slandering and inventing news articles
what happens to people's lives when the AI makes up slanderous accusations and backs them up with references to non-existant news articles?
ChatGPT inventing news articles
what happens to misinformation when the AI is doing it?
ChatGPT and Friends and Jobs
Business insider speculates on what kinds of jobs the current round of AI might have an influence on
Employee Monitoring by Employers
Employers can monitor a lot - legal and ethical may not always be the same thing
Tech hiring is returning to normal after two bubble years
There are still more tech workers than 3 years ago, but salaries and hiring have returned to pre-COVID rates of advancement
Big Tech was hording 'tech talent'
Big Tech was hording 'tech talent' to prevent their competitors from hiring talented developers
Five Interview questions - especially for tech people
These are not the only ones one might see, but they represent a nice swath of questions.
AI Intellectual property laundering
This is still being tried in court, but how will taking other peoples intellectual property and letting companies make money from it without paying the content creators work out?
Remote work and tax breaks
Remote work has changed the increasing concentration of people (and tax revenue) into a few large cities in the US that happened in the early part of the century
Remote work and its effects on cities
Remote work has changed the increasing concentration of people (and tax revenue) into a few large cities in the US that happened in the early part of the century
Return
to Office has caused Productivity drop
Conversely, there is even more recent data showing return to office causes productivity dips
Startups and In office environments
This is some interesting data about startups and in office work vs remote and hybrid
The
Stackoverflow developer survey
This is the most recent (2022) stackoverflow developer survey - a good way to keep up with trends in the industry
Layoffs doT FYI
Layoffs.fyi provides an interesting service to the tech community
Do AI Assistants really help with code?
AI code writing assistants are tempting, but are not quite the help for new developers who need to write 'real' or production code.
First
Tech downturn in 20 years surprises people too young to
remember the last one
First Tech downturn in 20 years is seens differently by those who have been through one before
Works
on my machine
Here is the original 'works on my machine' article. Docker and friends makes this less important than it once was, but we still hear it.