Weekend Reading, Listening and Watching Recommendations (May 31, 2024)

How the quest to type Chinese on a QWERTY keyboard created autocomplete; Financial Statement Analysis with LLMs; Can Solar Power and Battery Tech Save the World; How AI Will Revolutionize Education

1. Read: How the quest to type Chinese on a QWERTY keyboard created autocomplete (via MIT Technology Review)

2. Read: Financial Statement Analysis with Large Language Models: Even without any narrative or industry-specific information, the LLM outperforms financial analysts in its ability to predict earnings changes….we find that the prediction accuracy of the LLM is on par with the performance of a narrowly trained state-of-the-art ML model. (Chicago Booth Research Paper)

3. Listen: Can Solar Power and Battery Tech Save the World From Climate Change? (Derek Thomson, Plain English)

4. Watch: Sal Khan and Angela Duckworth -- How AI Will Revolutionize Education