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Today’s links:

• Coding a deep learning model using TensorFlow.js (2020) - Following on from yesterday's tutorial for getting a pre-trained model up and running, here's the next tutorial in the series. It shows how to create and train a model from scratch. I haven't managed to get completely through it yet due too lack of internet connectivity and Safari reading lists not working for this site for some reason. The impression I get is that it's considerably more complex an endeavour. Hoping to circle back to this at some stage, or perhaps find a more recent example. developer.ibm.com #

• Why AI Will Save the World - Mark Andreessen makes the techno-optimist case for AI. I'm on board. Honestly though the past few days I've been feeling a bit of tech vertigo. Even just the web stack is mind boggling, and that's just a tiny part of it all. I need a hoverboard because the escalator is going so fast there will be a point in the not too distant future where there will be no way to keep up with any of it in a meaningfull way. a16z.com #

• US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles - I keep an eye out for UAP articles as a sort of curiosity. This one actually looks sort of credible because it's from a well reputed intelligence official who has gone before Congress. www.theguardian.com #

• Someone Should Write a Screenplay - Hugh Macleod piece about how technology and the internet is affecting the creative trades. Touches on the current Hollywood writer's strike, AI and the parallels in the wider economy. Gets to the core of the issue. www.gapingvoid.com #