Ask HN: What is the coolest tech progress outside AI?

8•vantareed•2h ago

AI and agents are taking up most of the oxygen lately.

What recent non-AI technology progress are you excited about, and why?

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PJHkorea•31m ago

I am developing a real-time software acceleration engine that enables high-end equipment-level brainwave processing, signal detection, and noise removal on general-purpose chips. My goal is to overcome hardware limitations through software, enabling highly efficient biosignal processing.

digitaltinfoil•9m ago

NFT development is still going strong! They've almost found a real use for them /s

jk jk they're still nonsense, aren't you glad HN isn't flooded with NFT and blockchain noise anymore?

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Ask HN: Is anyone using the A2A protocol?

Ask HN: What tools are you using for AI-assisted code review?

Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?

Ask HN: Open-Source Intelligence

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Self-adapting and mutating LLM based viruses/worms

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Trillions of dollars spent just to work on customer services?

I indexed 669 GB of my GoPro videos using my M1 Max computer and local ML models

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