Tech Stack Digest #1
A round-up of the latest articles in our community.
Welcome to our first weekly Tech Stack Digest! These are short issues highlighting the best writing from within our community. Discover hidden gems you may have missed and meet new and seasoned tech writers.
Editorial pick
Every week, we highlight one article from one of our community members. This week, we sincerely recommend this article from
unraveling the phenomenon of deepfakes.The article opens with a harrowing story:
In a world shrouded in deception from every angle, we didn’t need “The Truth Machine”, an idea brought to life by James L. Halperin in his acclaimed novel, that would eliminate dishonesty from our society. All we needed was Freedom.
We were “free” but we lived in prison. The faithful ministers of the grand Deepfake temple persistently affirmed that we were the most sovereign people in the world.
Do you know what fake freedom tastes like?
Do you know what color fake values are?
I know…
From then on, Nat proceeds to deconstruct and demystify what deepfakes are and how they are made, moving on to their importance and role in the modern media landscape.
People’s perception of reality, often guided by first-hand accounts and media such as photographs and videos, is being challenged by the rise of deepfakes. These artificially generated media can distort the truth, misrepresent events, or even fabricate events that never occurred.
Nat goes deep into the topic, both technically and sociologically. From the machine learning perspective, you will learn how deepfakes are made, why they are made, what their purpose is, and who’s often behind these incidents. It even delves into proposed countermeasures and societal impacts.
The article is full of citations, real-life examples and stories, and opinions of experts. This is technical writing at its best, the same high quality that Nat has us accustomed to, and that’s why we are so delighted to recommend it.
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just published Looking into a Mirror, touching the complex topic of our own hypocrisy and what we can do about it. recently wrote Human Centered Writing Feedback, a look at ways to enhance the feedback you give others with AI. published Monty and the White Room, the first in a series of introductory articles to programming. wrote When the Shortest Path is the Diagonal, an intuitive introduction to one of the most beautiful mathematical techniques for proving impossibility results.Are you a technical writer in search of a community of like-minded collaborators? Join the Tech Writer Stack. It’s free!
Welcome to our new members!
Since our last issue, four new writers have joined our community. Let’s give them a warm welcome by subscribing to their publications.
is writing about a variety of topics, from machine learning and data science, to natural and life sciences, to history of science.writes about… well, you’ll have to read it yourself. writes on the role of AI, data, and technology in general. writes about the intersection of technology, society, and the future, and what we can do about it.
From the community
And finally, here’s a round-up of everything the community has written in the past week. Check them out!
The Intelligent Blog published 2 articles:
Goatfury's Futurescapes published 8 articles:
Polymathic Being published 2 articles:
The AI Observer published 2 articles:
Cyborgs Writing published 2 articles:
Phantom Observer published 03. Viveka-to-the-many: Navigating Space and Our World.
Unpacked published AI-enabled SaaS vs Moatless AI.
The Future of Being Human published 2 articles:
Teaching computers how to talk published The Meteoric Rise of AI Companions, Explained.
Society's Backend published Taking the AI to Consumers.
The Absent-Minded Professor published Alternative grading cultivates intrinsically-motivated learning.
Under the Hype published When the Shortest Path is the Diagonal.
Technology Should Be Simple published Start Early.
The Python Coding Stack published Monty and The White Room.
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Nat's article was excellent, and there are some great callouts in here. Thanks for always including my work here too! This is a great community.