March 22, 2024, 11:56 p.m.

Weeknotes: 18 March to 22 March 2024

Running experiments in the console, TypeScript compilation, updating dependencies, generative AI in sign language, and human capital

Sandra's Weeknotes

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La Baie Au Soleil Couchant (Saint Clair) (1916), Theo van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862-1926)

What I have found gripping

  • Using the console to run to run functions in JavaScript before noticing differences between what might be written in a code editor and what is allowed in a REPL (Read, Evaluate, Print, Loop)

  • Typing tsc in a terminal followed by sample.ts compiles the file and will generate a sample.js one

  • Running a node command like node sample.js will output results from the code in the file e.g. Hello, world!

  • Updating dependencies can sometimes mean manually changing their version before installing them instead of relying on a command designed for that purpose

What I have read

  • Modules - Theory, TypeScriptlang.org

  • Apprendre la langue des signes grâce à l'IA générative et aux avatars en 3D, Sylvie Gibet (Professeure des universités en informatique, Université Bretagne Sud)

  • Want More Clarity on Generative AI? Experiment Widely, Lynda Gratton

What I have watched

What AI Means for Human Capital, Lynda Gratton and Elizabeth Heichler

Featured quote

The human capital domain with the greatest reported use of generative AI right now is “internal knowledge management.” Forty-six percent of attendees said they are experimenting in this sphere, with use cases such as creating communications, conducting market research analysis, finding resources and competencies, and engaging in employee listening. — Lynda Gratton

Further reading and resources

In English

  • Predictions for the Workplace of 2025, Revisited, Lynda Gratton

  • Learn, Speak up, Act!

In French

  • L'inclusion dans l'éducation, UNESCO

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