Scrivere codice con gli LLM va bene, ma fargli compilare il suddetto codice no, quella pare sia una pessima idea

Money quote: "This loss of control raises a question: how do we know the abstraction is implemented correctly? More importantly, what does it mean for an abstraction to be correct?"

https://alperenkeles.com/posts/llms-could-be-but-shouldnt-be-compilers/

Marco Andreoletti, mio compagno di banco su Fumettologica, ne ha preparato un altro, dei suoi fantastici (e micidiali) articoli su disincanto, subculture, estetiche e tutto il resto. Avrei voglia di prendere per mano i giovani, e anche Marco che è una generazione sotto la mia e dirgli di non aver paura, perché il peggio deve ancora venire. Ma non si può fare, perché no lo intende chi no lo prova.

https://fumettologica.it/2026/02/mondo-senza-sottoculture-ironia-algoritmi-meta-sincerita/

Surreale articolo che descrive le personalità di tipo B (facendo di ogni punto negativo un pregio, ammesso che in prima battuta abbia senso tutto questo).

Money quote: "According to Lau, type B people also tend to be happy at work or at school because they find “work to be less stressful — and everything to be less stressful.” This leads to more satisfaction in their careers, Lau added.

They generally handle pressure in a nonoverwhelming way, said Shandy Anway, so they aren’t often faced with high anxiety or high stress."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/type-b-personality-goog_l_68701608e4b09b00d72b3ac9

Se il codice diventa “write-only”, chi resterà davvero a capire le macchine e chi invece le seguirà a occhi chiusi? Avvertite anche i vostri amici, perché è arrivata Mostly Weekly 363

https://antoniodini.com/weekly/363/

Letture per una domenica rilassante

Quella volta che vennero sganciate quattro bombe atomiche sulla Spagna. Era il 1966 "nostro", non di un romanzo di Philip K. Dick.

Money quote: "This terrifying situation had come about because of a US operation code-named Chrome Dome. At the beginning of the 1960s, the US had developed a project to deter its Cold War rival, the Soviet Union, from launching a pre-emptive strike. A patrol of nuclear-armed B-52 bombers would continuously criss-cross the skies, primed to attack Moscow at a moment's notice. But to stay airborne on these long looping routes, the planes needed to refuel while in flight."

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250404-how-the-us-dropped-nuclear-bombs-on-spain-in-1966

L'esperta di cibo e salute del Guardian si lancia in un articolo complesso sulle proteine: quante e quali mangiarne?

Money quote: "The recommended daily intake of protein for healthy adults is 0.75g per kilogram of body weight (or 0.8g if you’re in the US). This means, according to the British Nutrition Foundation, the average woman should eat about 45g of protein a day, while the average man should stick to around 56g – about two portions of nuts, tofu, fish or other protein source. Your ideal protein portion should fit into the palm of your hand. There are plenty of non-animal foods that are high in protein and rich in other nutrients and fibre to boot: beans, peas and lentils, soy products such as tofu, not to mention a plethora of nuts and seeds. You can find out how much protein is in individual foods by checking the packaging or consulting a website such as the British Nutrition Foundation’s. Some maths may be involved."

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/15/truth-about-protein-how-to-get-enough-every-age

Vi siete mai chiesti come mai in molti software particolarmente longevi i bug rimangano per anni, alle volte per decenni, iterazione dopo iterazione?

Money quote: "t0st’s fix was a PR win for Rockstar, but it didn’t solve the underlying issue. For every high-profile bug that gets fixed, thousands languish in backlogs, forgotten and ignored. The real takeaway here isn’t that companies don’t care about bugs. It’s that they’re often paralyzed by competing priorities, bureaucratic inertia, and the cold calculus of profit."

https://idiallo.com/blog/companies-dont-fix-bugs

Un divertente gioco basato sui luoghi comuni: le cose maleducate che gli americani dicono viaggiando nel mondo

Money quote "“Something I actually heard: I was in London last week, somebody was arguing with the front desk of the hotel, and they were saying, ‘Well, the customer is always right,’ and it’s sort of like, that’s actually a very American approach to customer service,” said Nick Leighton, an etiquette expert and host of the “Were You Raised by Wolves?” podcast.

It’s not a globally-shared thought pattern. “And very often, the customer is not right,” Leighton added."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudest-things-traveling-abroad_l_67eec1dce4b0d734a36dcd71

Come la fantascienza Young Adult racconta le identità di genere - il mio articolo per Fumettologica

https://fumettologica.it/2026/02/fantascienza-young-adult-identita-genere/

Fantastico: la cura "dura" alla procrastrinazione

Money quote: "reparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing."

https://strangestloop.io/essays/things-that-arent-doing-the-thing

I primi veri creativi stanno cominciando a toccare l'AI visiva capace di fare cose che sono la materia di cui sono fatti i sogni. Ci aspettano tempi meravigliosi

Money quote: "This is the Melania movie we should have gotten.

Pure masterpiece."


https://x.com/BackupJeffx/status/2020889303413350528

Letture per la domenica

Se siete informatici o comunque avete un approccio curioso alla tecnologia e fate cose, questo articolo di questo sviluppatore, che spiega a che punto è nel suo percorso con l'uso della AI, è molto molto interessante. E anche abbastanza onesto, devo dire.

Money quote: "Today

And that's where I'm at today.

Through this journey, I've personally reached a point where I'm having success with modern AI tooling and I believe I'm approaching it with the proper measured view that is grounded in reality. I really don't care one way or the other if AI is here to stay3, I'm a software craftsman that just wants to build stuff for the love of the game.

The whole landscape is moving so rapidly that I'm sure I'll look back at this post very quickly and laugh at my naivete. But, as they say, if you can't be embarassed about your past self, you're probably not growing. I just hope I'll grow in the right direction!

I have no skin in the game here4, and there are of course other reasons behind utility to avoid using AI. I fully respect anyone's individual decisions regarding it. I'm not here to convince you! For those interested, I just wanted to share my personal approach to navigating these new tools and give a glimpse about how I approach new tools in general, regardless of AI."

https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey

Un docente di una classe di un MBA ha sfidato i suoi studenti a creare una startup in 4 giorni usando l'AI per tutto: dal prodotto alla ricerca dietro le quinte, dal posizionamento alle proiezioni, pitch, modello di business e razionale economico. Insomma, AI a gogo.

Il risultato fa paura. Ma è sostenibile?

Money quote: "I’ve been teaching entrepreneurship for a decade and a half, and I've seen thousands of startup ideas (some of which turned into large companies) so I have a good sense of the expectations for what a class of smart MBA students can accomplish. I would estimate that what I saw in a couple of days was an order of magnitude further along the path to a real startup than I had seen out of students working over a full semester before AI. Most of the prototypes were not just sample screens but actually had a core feature working. Ideas were far more diverse and interesting than usual. Market and customer analyses were insightful. It was really impressive. These were not yet working startups nor were they fully operational products (with a couple exceptions) — but they had shaved months and huge amounts of money and effort from the traditional process. And there was something else: most early startups need to pivot, changing direction as they learn more about what the market wants and what is technically possible. By lowering the costs of pivoting, it was much easier to explore the possibilities without being locked in or even explore multiple startups at once: you just tell the AI what you want."

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/management-as-ai-superpower

L'America combatte per la sua stessa anima, anzi, per la sua eccezionale anima

Money quote: "“We are in a great competition with a rival that has the will and means to challenge American exceptionalism across multiple domains, including in the high ground of space,” said Jared Isaacman, the new head of NASA, in December. “This is not the time for delay, but for action, because if we fall behind—if we make a mistake—we may never catch up, and the consequences could shift the balance of power here on Earth.”"

https://spectrum.ieee.org/china-moon-mission-mengzhou-artemis

La prima cosa che ho pensato è stata: "Proprio non gli viene in mente di leggere i libri"

La seconda è stata: "In effetti saranno stati scritti con l'AI, perché perdere tempo a leggerli?"

La materia di cui sono fatti i sogni, diceva Shakespeare. La propaganda, diciamo oggi. O forse lo diremo domani

Money quote: "If you run some back-of-envelope math on how hard it is to get into Anthropic, as an industry professional, and compare it to your odds of making it as a HS or college player into the National Football League, you’ll find the odds are comparable. Everyone I’ve met from Anthropic is the best of the best of the best, to an even crazier degree than Google was at its peak. (Evidence: Google hired me. I was the scrapest of the byest.)"

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-anthropic-hive-mind-d01f768f3d7b

Alcuni saggi consigli su come gestire una postura piuttosto interessante: cosa fare quando una persona va sulle difensive. Perché le persone vanno sulle difensive, e spesso è molto complicato gestire questo tipo di situazione

Money quote: "However, if you’re strategic about it, we’ve found it is possible to navigate defensiveness well. In our careers as a psychologist (Nick) and mediator (Adar), we’ve spent years assembling and refining approaches to defensiveness that actually work because they’re based on a deep understanding of the core dynamics that govern defensiveness in the first place."

https://psyche.co/guides/effective-strategies-for-communicating-with-defensive-people

Grazie ai dazi ho regalato tre euro alla Posta, ho aiutato Epicuro e ascoltato l’AI che parla con il Dipartimento della Guerra (giuro). Mostly Weekly 365, un giro del mondo attorno a una domanda semplice: quanto basta davvero per vivere (e pensare)

https://antoniodini.com/weekly/365/

Letture per la domenica

Nel 1980 Isaac Asimov ha scritto una recensione di 1984, il romanzo di George Orwell. Non gli era piaciuto e ne ha ben donde (andrebbe letta almeno questa, il libro non l'ha mai letto nessuno). Il bello di 1984, secondo me, è nelle piccole invenzioni, non nel concetto (che è stato frainteso).

Money quote: "I've been writing a four-part article for Field Newspaper Syndicate at the beginning of each year for several years now and in 1980, mindful of the approach of the year 1984, FNS asked me to write a thorough critique of George Orwell's novel 1984.

I was reluctant. I remembered almost nothing of the book and said so -but Denison Demac, the lovely young woman who is my contact at FNS, simply sent me a copy of it and said, 'Read it.'

So I read it and found myself absolutely astonished at what I read. I wondered how many people who talked about the novel so glibly had ever read it; or if they had, whether they remembered it at all.

I felt I would have to write the critique if only to set people straight.

(I'm sorry; I love setting people straight.)"

https://www.newworker.org/ncptrory/1984.htm

Iniziamo una settimana di articoli tutti del New York Times.

Partiamo con uno bello peso ma pratico: i genitori invecchiano. Forse è meglio avere una di "quelle" conversazioni, prima che sia tardi, no? Cinque temi da affrontare, secondo il miglior pragmatismo nordamericano.

Money quote: "During a health crisis, there are countless choices that parents or adult children might need to make. While you can’t anticipate every single one, discussing goals and values in advance can help parents feel more prepared for an emergency and keep adult children on the same page.

“It’s not just about what you want at the end of your life,” Dr. Mohta said, “it’s about what you want your life to be like” as you get older.

Explore what brings your parents joy and meaning, their biggest worries, their priorities for medical treatment and what they want to avoid. For example, a parent might say that they want to maximize their time spent at home, that they want to do everything possible to survive or that they don’t want to be kept alive by machines in the intensive care unit.

“In an emergency, you’re rushing through the decisions — it’s emotional,” Dr. Mohta said. “This is a chance to reflect ahead of time.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/well/aging-parents.html

archivio: https://archive.is/V3jl2

Il Tex di Horacio Altuna sorprende - la mia recensione per Fumettologica

https://fumettologica.it/2026/03/tex-horacio-altuna-inferno-a-red-junction/