Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 27/04/2026I own $NKE (Nike) and $ADS (Adidas) stock. I It baffles me how Nike stock is rising after announcing a 1400 job cut, yet Adidas stock in falling after Sawe's marathon record with their 'supershoe'. 020
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 06/03/2026IAB Tech Lab has released the CoMP 1.0 specification to standardize how #AI systems pay for #content. It allows #publishers to signal terms and AI firms to verify them before access, beyond robots.txt iabtechlab.com/standards/co...iabtechlab.comCoMP (Content Monetization Protocols) Initiative SpecificationOverview of the proposed LLM Content Monetization Protocols Initiative proposed to support publishers create a new revenue model for AI bots 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 19/02/2026"YouTube ranks second among the most cited domains in AI Mode" - video has become essential in content marketing strategy moz.com/blog/ai-mode-citations 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 17/02/2026Should the state nudge us toward better choices, or does that undermine the very essence of being a free agent? @casssunstein.bsky.social explores whether the Harm Principle still holds in a world of cognitive biases: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.com 020
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 14/02/2026The rise of System 3: artificial cognition that operates outside our brains but dictates what happens inside them. #AI #behavioralscience papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 14/02/2026"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it" — Brandolini's law #TIL 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 09/02/2026As #LLM models grow more advanced, their responses become increasingly human-like and irrational. 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 05/02/2026Afraid of using #AI to create #ads ? According to a large Columbia University/Taboola study your fears are largely unfounded if you use these tips: ✅ Use large, clear human faces ✅ Aim for authenticity, not polish ❌ Avoid hyper-saturation & "perfect" symmetry Perception beats origin. 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 02/02/2026After spending the last weeks reading Khaneman and Tversky's work, it's impressive the respect they've earned even by their most fierce adversaries. www.ejpe.org/journal/arti... 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 30/01/2026After checking a paper (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) on how #LLMs are approaching a level of creativity akin to human capabilities i stumbled upon this Severus Snape AI wonder: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlsE...youtube.comSeverus Snape - ALWAYS (Live at Hogwarts) | Music VideoYouTube video by WickedAI 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 30/01/2026On the old #SEO world we were foragers of information. With #AI and #GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) we are no longer hunting for berries: technology is growing their own plants and feeding us the ripped fruit. 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 25/01/2026“When it comes to maintaining a sense of well-being, each of us is the ultimate spin doctor” — Timothy D. Wilson 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 21/01/2026"Why can't we just use the internet to vote ?!" 📱😞 Computer Scientists: "It’s literally just a 'Submit My Vote to Hackers' button with extra steps. Please use a pen." ✍️🗳️ blog.citp.princeton.edu/2026/01/16/i...blog.citp.princeton.eduInternet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections - CITP BlogAll internet voting systems are insecure. The insecurity is worse than a well-run conventional paper ballot system, because a very small number of people may have the power to change any (or all) vote... 110
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 14/01/2026“economies grow because desires and capabilities change as the result of innovations, infrastructure, and institutions that allow the benefits to spread. New forms of production require new systems of distribution, experience, and exchange“ www.oreilly.com/radar/ai-and...oreilly.comAI and the Next EconomyThe narrative from the AI labs is dazzling: build AGI, unlock astonishing productivity, and watch GDP surge. It’s a compelling story, especially if you’re the 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 15/12/2025Words of caution: Backup. And avoid walled gardens. hey.paris/posts/appleid/hey.paris20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to AppleSummary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple De... 010
Reposted by Armando Alvesderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/12/2025wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics 1128255004107
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 04/12/2025#LLMs are shifting from simple Q&A to complex, multi-step agents using external tools, with #AI increasingly embedded in production workflows. openrouter.ai/state-of-ai This OpenRouter and a16z study shows how LLMs are being used in practice, leveraging over 100 trillion tokens. 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 02/12/2025"greater market orientation is associated with lower homicide rates (...) This contradicts a long and voluminous theoretical literature extolling the unhappy outcome for violence rates of a stronger market orientation." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comMarket orientation and national homicide ratesWe studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional so.... 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 25/11/2025Impressed with the new Dynamic View feature on Gemini. The impact on education will be huge. 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 20/11/2025Leveling up my new hobby: #Wine Tasting with #Obsidian notes powers by AI ( Gemini custom gem) 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 07/11/2025LUX is such a great album, that earthquakes are happening near Rosalia ... 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 05/11/2025ECJ Eases rules for sharing data used in AI and analytics, with new #GDPR standard: Pseudonymised data is only personal data if the recipient can reasonably reidentify. www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/in-a-land… 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 22/10/2025Helpful way of improving LLM output: Verbalized Sampling arxiv.org/pdf/2510.01171 "generate a set of N possible responses, each within a separate <response> tag. Responses should each include a <text> and a numeric <probability>." 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 21/10/2025My growing take on populism is that it's a massive tantrum by narcissistic Big Children! 👶 #Populism #BigChildren #PoliticalTantrum 100
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 13/10/2025Já vou para aí no décimo scroll aqui no Bluesky, e ainda não vi um skeet a saudar a robusta vitória de Carlos Moedas. Talvez seja por causa das bolhas como a que constroem aqui que depois são surpreendidos nas urnas. 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 03/10/2025Never thought of using AI for mental and emotional well being, but here I am: experimenting with Gemini and TTS to create a guided meditation. youtu.be/io1loyCOX3Ayoutu.be10 Minute Guided Meditation - Ocean Anchor MindfulnessYouTube video by Armando Alves 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 03/10/2025Something to keep in mind when Google is trying to force the use of Play Store as the single source of app distribution on Android. 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 19/06/2025Idiocracy, powered by AI. time.com/7295195/ai-c...time.comChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT StudyThe study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT. 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 15/05/2025Os extremos políticos usam populismo para manipular eleitores, explorando medos e instintos com desinformação e retórica que nos divide. Para proteger a democracia liberal precisamos de conhecer como estes extremos nos manipulam: www.armandoalves.com/2025/05/15/e...armandoalves.comExtremamente ManipulávelOs extremos políticos, tanto à esquerda quanto à direita, têm recorrido a estratégias populistas que exploram as fragilidades e os instintos mais básicos do eleitorado. Muitos cidadãos, alheios às maq... 100
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 23/04/2025On World Book Day, while browsing a few computer books on a book store, I realized that there are none on how do do GenAI or prompt engineering. Learning about Artificial Intelligence faces Real Time Obsolescence. 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 16/04/2025www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/… Banning children's books instead if solving actual problems. The far-right battle against "wokeness" is increasingly becoming very unfunny joke. 📕➡️🤡 #AntiWokeBadJoke 100
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 03/04/2025Today as in 1930, it's time for economists to massively make a statement against the deranged tariffs proposed by the orange populist. 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 06/03/2025Dear brands and CRM managers, if you are sending Father's Day or Mother's Day emails, please set up your systems to let you know that my Dad or Mom are no longer alive. RIP. Recipients In Peace. 110
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 28/02/2025I wonder if Tesla shareholders started asking Musk to report on 5 things he did last week that caused a dip in share price. 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 07/02/2025Backdoors in the US. Backdoors in the UK. EU seems to be the adult in the room. 000
Reposted by Armando Alveszeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025So straightforward, so good. An ALT text decision tree. www.w3.org/WAI/tutorial... #a11yw3.orgAn alt Decision TreeAccessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). 515955
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 08/01/2025Unfollowing and deplatforming toxic people seems the way to go to restore a more healthy social media. 010
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 06/01/2025😷 Ever wondered how psychology influenced our behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic? 🧠 From nudges to trust-building, @jayvanbavel shares the tactics used to keep us safe www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/how-do-… 000
Armando Alves @armandoalves.com · 02/01/2025Adicionei o 4) à Estratégia Digital Nacional diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/r... 1) 80% (16-74 anos) com competências digitais básicas. 2) 7% da população empregada são Especialistas TIC 3) 30% dos especialistas em TIC são mulheres. 4) Vamos ter unicórnios no Ribatejo, daqueles com chifre. 010