The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Paradox of AI: If It Cant Replace us, Is It Making Us Dumber? (10/18/2024)

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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 18, 2024?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, U.S Takes Possession of Alaska in 1867, Thomas Edison dies in 1931, Clean Water Act becomes law in 1972, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Mixtral—a Multilingual Language Model Trained with a Context Size of 32k Tokens to The Paradox of AI: If It Cant Replace us, Is It Making Us Dumber? , let’s dive right in.

Mixtral—a Multilingual Language Model Trained with a Context Size of 32k Tokens

By @textmodels [ 3 Min read ] Discover Mixtral 8x7B, a Sparse Mixture of Experts (SMoE) language model, trained with a context size of 32k tokens with access to 47B parameters. Read More.

📢 Engage Your Readers: How to Get Content Ideas Through Surveys Social Media

By @editingprotocol [ 4 Min read ] One of the best ways to create content that truly resonates with your audience is to ask them directly what they want to see. Learn how to go about it here. Read More.

The Paradox of AI: If It Cant Replace us, Is It Making Us Dumber?

By @andersonthejedi [ 5 Min read ] AI is solving complex and simple tasks alike, but at what cost? Explore the paradox of AI—whether it’s making life easier or turning our brains to mush. Read More.

Got a Cool Idea for an AI Bot? Here’s How It Could Win You $3000 in the #AI-Chatbot Writing Contest

By @hackernooncontests [ 3 Min read ] Enter the #AI-chatbot contest on HackerNoon for a chance to win from $7k+ prizes! Create chatbots on Coze and share your experience by November 6, 2024. Read More.

The Paradox of Scaling Through Inaction: Smart People Choose to Build Systems - Heres Why

By @scottdclary [ 17 Min read ] News flash. Youre not actually being productive. Youre just busy. And busy is the enemy of truly scaling your impact. Read More.

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