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Re:AI assisted search-based research works now on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @03:01PM (#43765205)
different models. high level approach: N models receive the same prompt → responses are consolidated through a simple embedding-based similarity matrix → another model performs a simple assessment of deduplicated responses → these are then consolidated into a research report & data visualization.

the whole contraption uses ~10 different models, but more can easily be plugged into the initial generation phase. happy to demo it sometime! [edit: email on profile].

Re:AI assisted search-based research works now on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @07:58AM (#43761103)
same here. I first built the agentic workflow in python and later nextjs. uses dozens of llm apis. works well, and am also impressed with the results.
Can you really? IMO, time is immutable and irreversible. Space is permanent and shared.
Don’t we all?
Plenty of apps are available in English outside the anglosphere. Seems like a US-centric oversight not releasing it to “the rest of the world” as usual.
How do we know which institutions to trust in safely deploying AGI? From my POV some kind of autonomous and generalized intelligence is inevitable and imminent - but who can be trusted to deliver something that works for the majority? Or is that a pipe dream?
(Shameless plug) I recently started my own newsletter to help a non-technical audience understand the big picture trends driving AI and AGI: https://newsletter.envisioning.io
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here? on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @11:54AM (#36588345)
Not a blog but a weekly newsletter with personal commentary about big ideas in AI, both new and old: https://newsletter.envisioning.io
Re:NASA unveils new moon suit on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @02:29PM (#35172621)
> The main difference between the prototype shown today and what will be going to the moon is that the ones going to the moon will be white instead of dark. “That’s really for thermal reasons,” Mr. Ralston said.
Re:Emerging technologies shaping the future of cities on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @08:48AM (#24270746)
OP here.

We're an independent and distributed research institute focused on tracking advancement in emerging technology. Envisioning began as a series of speculative future infographics in 2011 and have since developed visualization tools in d3.js, a methodology for scouting emerging tech as well as our own backend for tracking these changing data.

Today we are launching a platform for tracking tech around urban innovation [linked] meant to help public officials make better decisions around tech and promote more democratic futures.

AMA.

Re:ICQ New on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:59PM (#22824619)
mine was 522826 but has probably been lost to the sands of time
fellow fan of borges and chiang. start with exhalation
Interesting! Where can one read more about this initiative? French sources OK.
It’s an allusion to Game Neverending, which eventually led to development of Flickr
Re:Ask HN: Online banks where I can open account worldwide? on Sunday November 25, 2018 @10:32AM (#18527255)
Holvi (Finnish payment processor) allows you to open corporate account for Estonian E-Residency LLC without visiting Estonia. Works well.
Curious about what you mean by that.
Working from a standing desk & performing daily sun salutations completely eliminated my chronic back pain.
Same. Solved chronic back pain by performing sun salutations 15 minutes every day.