The AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI
The AI Hype Index: Unsexy AI
AI 炒作指数：并不性感的 AI
It feels bad enough when an open letter signed by leading economists warns that AI might steal your job. The fact it may soon be better than you at making dinner? Insult to injury. But that’s exactly what the company 1X promised when it showed off a pair of new, impressively dexterous (and, to some, oddly sexy?) robotic hands in a July demo.
当顶尖经济学家签署公开信警告 AI 可能会抢走你的工作时，这种感觉已经够糟糕了。而它很快可能比你更擅长做晚饭？这简直是雪上加霜。但这正是 1X 公司在 7 月份的演示中展示一对令人印象深刻的灵巧（对某些人来说，甚至有点奇怪的性感？）机械手时所承诺的内容。
While the tech community was sharply divided over the appeal of those disembodied hands, almost everyone can agree that a few things are decidedly not sexy: Grok’s porn-pilled translation feature, Meta’s creepy glasses (which may soon get even creepier), and Big Tech’s emissions (which continue to skyrocket).
虽然科技界对这些“无躯之手”的吸引力存在严重分歧，但几乎每个人都同意，有些事情绝对称不上性感：Grok 充斥色情内容的翻译功能、Meta 令人毛骨悚然的眼镜（可能很快会变得更诡异），以及大型科技公司持续飙升的碳排放量。
But while it’s not always the most popular technology, at least AI is paying off for one group: single chip workers in Korea, newly inundated with dating opportunities thanks to their giant bonuses. Who says you can’t buy love?
虽然 AI 并不总是最受欢迎的技术，但至少它让一个群体受益匪浅：韩国的单身芯片从业者，他们因获得巨额奖金而迎来了大量的约会机会。谁说金钱买不到爱情？
Deep Dive / 深度阅读
A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs 一家初创公司声称突破了阻碍大语言模型发展的瓶颈 Subquadratic has now shared more details about its new model. But some are still skeptical. By Will Douglas Heaven Subquadratic 公司现已分享了其新模型的更多细节，但仍有人持怀疑态度。（作者：Will Douglas Heaven）
Anthropic found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts Anthropic 发现了一个 Claude 思考概念的隐藏空间 A new technique has let the company probe deeper than ever into the weird workings of an LLM. By Will Douglas Heaven 一项新技术让该公司能够比以往更深入地探究大语言模型诡异的运作机制。（作者：Will Douglas Heaven）
Claude Science is Anthropic’s newest flagship product Claude Science 是 Anthropic 最新的旗舰产品 The company is doubling down on AI for science. By Grace Huckins 该公司正在加倍投入科学领域的 AI 开发。（作者：Grace Huckins）
The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking 驱动芯片制造未来的 4 亿美元机器 The AI era needs ever faster chips. ASML has a monopoly on the expensive contraptions needed to pattern them. Can anyone catch up? By Clive Thompson AI 时代需要更快的芯片。ASML 垄断了制造芯片所需的昂贵光刻设备。有人能追赶上吗？（作者：Clive Thompson）