Introducing the Historical Tech Tree
Introducing the Historical Tech Tree
This article introduces the 'Historical Tech Tree', a timeline visualizing the full history of 1,780 major technologies from 3.3 million years ago to today. It includes over 2,000 connections like prerequisites and inspirations to show how innovations led to others. The author explains how large language models (LLMs) significantly aided the development process, highlighting the concept of 'vibe coding'. The piece emphasizes that by combining technology and history, one can better understand the world's complexity and appreciate humanity's ingenuity in problem-solving.
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a project that melts my heart. from the motivation, to the use of an LLM to the output. applause.
how could this be packaged up in a way such that users can have similar takeaways as if they built it themselves. even the author admits they didn't automate the data itself because they wanted to learn!
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