radical‘s Down the Rabbit Hole

It’s fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it’s real and dangerous

What's that hat the Smurfs wear? And what's it covering up? Do Smurfs have luxurious locks of hair? Are they bald? And, most crucial of all, is it the wrong hat?!?

π0: Our First Generalist Policy

Context Engineering is the new skill in AI. It is about providing the right information and tools, in the right format, at the right time.

These groups are far apart in their enthusiasm and predictions for AI, but both want more personal control and worry about too little regulation.

Robot Dog Bittle by Petoi is a lifelike robotic dog for coding, STEM learning, and robotics education. Programmable, open-source, and ideal for students and engineers.

Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

Far more than a riveting inside story of the creation of VISA—now the largest commercial enterprise on earth—One from Many is an absorbing story of personal and institutional transformation....

Microsoft knows Office is slow to load. The solution is, apparently, to make Windows load slower.

TikTok is reportedly ditching more of its human moderators to focus on AI-powered moderation instead.

"There's a big problem, a huge problem coming down the line."

Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious

Scientists at Oxford University Physics Department have developed a revolutionary approach which could generate increasing amounts of solar electricity without the need for silicon-based solar

CHAPTER 2 Moving Toward a Future That Rewards Clarity—But Punishes Certainty LOOKING BACKWARD FROM THE FUTURE WILL SEEM unnatural for many leaders today—they are so present... - Selection from The New Leadership Literacies [Book]

Researchers investigated how vertical smartphone scrolling on social media influences vertical and horizontal saccades, and musculoskeletal fatigue.

If you want to see a tour de force of modern technology and design, there's no need to visit a Silicon Valley showroom.

Atomic physicist Niels Bohr is famously quoted as saying, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.” Yet despite years of getting things wrong, magazines love think pieces on where we’ll be in several decades, even centuries in time.

Some quick impressions of an actual agent

Five analytical tasks in under a minute

Which AIs to use, and how to use them

Four questions to ask your organization.

A brief intergenerational pause...

What to make of the statements of the AI labs?

Small improvements can lead to big changes