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Google’s CEO says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated. The people who write that code say the AI they’re using is overhyped.

That photo up there is of Jalen Brunson, who hit some huge shots down the stretch of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, led all players on both sides in scoring, and was talked up by his head coach as the hero of a game the underdog Knicks won, 105–95. "He did what MVP candidates are...

Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere close to being conscious. “We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category.”

PRETEND: “We want diverse stories that push boundaries!” ACTUAL: “Just make sure your ‘diversity’ doesn’t make our white, straight readers uncomfortable. Gay but not too gay. Brown, but relatable. If your trauma can’t be solved by brunch, it’s a pass.” PRETEND: “Literature s...

Before I get into this week’s post, it occurred to me that some of you might be frustrated at how often I write about AI — things like whether it makes sense to think of AI engines as conscious, whether we should be afraid of it destroying humanity as we know it, whether it’s bad that people sometimes fall in

I didn't write about the Knicks prior to last night's game because I had no idea what to write. The Knicks in the Finals is something I had a hard time understanding, even thinking about. To me the Knicks are soulful losers. They're like once-future hall-of-famer Carmelo An...

The light side of whether artificial intelligence is genuinely intelligent or merely advanced technology misrepresented as such.

The proposal only makes sense as a bribe

Dr. Greg Potter, PhD is a scientist and consultant whose work spans science communication, health product development, and helping individuals and teams perform better sustainably. He has spent the years since his PhD translating complex science into practical guidance for athletes, clinicians, and anyone trying to understand what their bodies actually need.  He’s also the […]

Marjane Satrapi, author of the excellent Persepolis, has died at age 56. Friends said she “died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life”.

People keep saying you should handwrite everything. I get why. They have seen the slop. We all have. The padded paragraph that says nothing. The fake-confident sentence with three dashes and a little blazer on. The blog post that sounds like a committee laminated a thesaurus and made it manage a webinar. The backlash is […]

It’s amazing how much life can improve with the help of 20 milligrams of chemicals a day.

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From app-controlled security to electronic shifting and radar alerts, Segway’s Myon may have more tech than you need. That’s not always a bad thing.

With $500 million in funding and a reported $2.5 billion valuation, Flourish wants to reinvent AI by putting real neurons under the microscope.

A homeschooling center in Manhattan is part of the company’s nationwide expansion. Internal documents reveal its strategy: “Opening date > safety.”

Quantinuum, a quantum computing startup, is losing millions. Investors want in anyway.

A video creator known as Doctor Spaghetti has scrutinized hours of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives to get to the bottom of an explosive culinary conspiracy theory.

President Trump has begrudgingly accepted that artificial intelligence requires oversight and on Tuesday signed an executive order asking companies to voluntarily give the government access to new models before they’re released to the public. Tripp Mickle, who covers Silicon...

The app AT4K turns the messy Google TV interface into something closer to the Apple TV interface, making it cleaner, more customizable, and less frustrating to use.