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Why Open Source AI Will Win

You shouldn't bet against the bazaar or the GPU p̶o̶o̶r̶ hungry.

a year ago 40 votes
Natural Language Is an Unnatural Interface

How can we use familiar design patterns to constrain the unwieldy state space of large language models?

over a year ago 37 votes
Attention Traps

Can we find needles of signal in the Web's infinite haystack of noise?

over a year ago 38 votes
Please Build More Silly Things

Hacking on fun things with curious co-conspirators is a superpower

over a year ago 43 votes

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How Does GPT-5 Work?

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America has only one real city

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yesterday 2 votes
Silicon Valley is sucking up Singapore’s tech talent

In The New Geography of Innovation, writer Mehran Gul examines the increasing competition for talent in Singapore, where big tech firms are luring people away from once-prized government jobs.

yesterday 3 votes
South Park and The Greatest TV Contract Clause Ever

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2 days ago 6 votes
Marketing’s misleading metric

Perverse incentives, and the unintended consequences that flow from them, can be found on every continent, in every time, and in every industry. And marketing is no different. This article argues that a malevolent metric sits at the heart of many marketing discussions and decisions. I believe that the many marketers who prioritise this metric seek to capture value, but unintentionally destroy it.

2 days ago 5 votes