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Burning Man
Burning Man, a Series by Christopher Michel — Glass
Burning Man is happening again this week, and I’ve been going back through photographs I made on the playa years ago.
The light is brutal. Dust gets into ever…
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Mathematicians thinking about their profession in the age of AI.
Take one: Terence Tao
Take two: Geordie Williamson
Software Engineers thinking about their profession in the age of AI.
Take one: the Amp guys
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Take two: Geoffrey Litt
Understanding is the new bottleneck
Agents can write code faster than we can absorb it. Here's why it still matters for humans to understand what they build — and some techniques for doing that efficiently: explainer docs, quizzes, micro-worlds, and shared spaces.
www.geoffreylitt.comInner Propaganda: Your brain doesn’t see reality — it tries to predict it Our brains act as prediction machines that construct narratives to make sense of the world, often prioritizing internal stories over objective facts. bigthink.com“Your brain doesn’t see reality — it tries to predict it”
Compression is prediction
Compression is prediction | ngrok blog
Compression and LLMs are trying to solve the exact same problem: predicting what comes next. Learn the fundamentals of compression and how better prediction leads to better shrinkage.
ngrok.comThis next one is scary, regardless of you being an AI skeptic or AI-pilled. There is some financial turbulence on the horizon.
The Teaser Period: Why the AI Boom Is Hitting a Reset Wall
Trillions in compute commitments come due in 2027–2028. The Reset Wall reveals how the AI boom breaks, and when.
www.groundbrkr.comLet’s close on a high note: International dog day
International Dog Day — Glass
We love them. They love us.
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