The Bootstrapping Byte #1 - A lot of AI with a bit of football

Welcome to the first opus of The Bootstrapping Byte, the weekly digest of The Bootstrapping Dad where you get my top picks!

🎙 Insights from the center of OpenAI's reactor️

This Syntax episode is an interview with Andrey Mishchenko about working at OpenAI. He provides his perspective on the explosion of LLM (Large Language Models) and talks about his main project at OpenAI: Plugins! ChatGPT plugins are third-party applications that allow the GPT language model to interact with external APIs (given the current state of the world, in other words).

🗞 What does it take to create an AI superpower️?

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants Britain to be at the forefront of the AI revolution. This article gives a critical analysis of what it takes to create an AI superpower and highlights what the country is missing to make it happen. Interesting lessons for anyone interested in politics and technology: https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/06/14/how-to-make-britains-ai-dreams-reality

🔭 Say goodbye to ugly QR codes

Students in China managed to create working QR codes using Stable Diffusion, and... it looks great! (P.S.: I did not scan them, but apparently they work 😉)
https://www.hayo.com/article/64804c218984862332decdfe

⚽️ The journey of Jean-Michel Aulas

Jean-Michel Aulas stepped down after 36 years leading Olympique Lyonnais (one of the most famous football clubs in France). In his biography, he recounts his experience as an entrepreneur and a football manager, which led to more than 50 national and European titles. An inspiring read (for now, available in French only 🇫🇷): https://www.amazon.de/Chaque-jour-réinventer-président-lOlympique/dp/223409254X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jean+michel+aulas&qid=1686946941&sprefix=jean+michel+au%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1

Enjoy!