Twitter's Black Box of Weirdness

Twitter released its open-source algorithm and developers like Robbie and Chuck are digging into the code to find out what they have been hiding. While the recommendation algorithm has been useful, it also has major pitfalls. Twitter’s algorithm categorizes and deprioritizes users from appearing on people's feeds which is frustrating when your page is the one being deprioritized.

Google launched its AI competitor, Bard. In a rap battle, ChatGPT emerged victorious, and the two AIs even agreed to take over the world together, which the hosts found somewhat creepy.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk about biases they discovered in Twitter’s open-source algorithm, how developers are turning home networks into high-tech home labs, and how Google’s new AI compares to ChatGPT.

Key Takeaways

• [01:45] - A whiskey review: Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7.
• [14:16] - Ways to improve safety on websites.
• [20:00] - Twitter makes its algorithm open source.
• [29:00] - What are home labs?
• [45:05] - Bard vs. ChatGPT.
• [50:47] - Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball team in the Final 4.

Quotes

[25:08] - “Twitter source code, there's a lot to start to unravel there, but it's nice that the algorithms are out.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[29:27] - “There’s a whole culture of home lab creation, and it’s essentially like taking your home network and elevating it.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[37:46] - “Mutanies are bad but, whenever one goes the way you want we call it a revolution instead.” ~ Robbie Wagner

Links

• Jim Beam
• Jack Daniel’s
• Glencairn
• Destination Imagination
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Pepsi
• Miller High Life
• Big League Chew
• Frank Sinatra
• Hpnotiq
• Bacardi
• Dr Pepper
• Kool-Aid
• GitHub Copilot
• Javascript
• IndexedDB
• Twitter
• The Primeagen
• Scala
• Rust
• Donald Trump
• Astro
• Dazed and Confused
• SolidJS
• ChatGPT
• Kubernetes
• Alexa
• Pi-hole
• Home Assistant
• Rasberry Pi
• React
• Minecraft
• Arch Linux
• Gnome
• Vim
• Dominos
• NPM
• Nextcloud
• Bard
• ShareGPT
• GitLab
• Amazon
• Microsoft
• Prim Logix
• Virginia Tech
• NCAA Tournament 2023
• FIFA World Cup
• ESPN
• Premier League
• McDonald’s
• Tabasco

Connect with our hosts

• Robbie Wagner
• Chuck Carpenter
• Ship Shape

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