tech, startups, internet

Too much extrapolation.

“There are two types of common discontinuities in AI. One is when performance jumps much more than expected – e.g. you double the amount of data you have but triple the performance of the output from that. The other is […]

under the microscope

The prospects of molecular manufacturing.

Imagine a world where we could make machines at nanometer scale, the width of a single DNA strand. “With the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies capable of designing and anticipating protein structures, the near-term prospect for synthesized molecules in industry […]

tech, startups, internet

Machine brains and their discontents.

“As biotech businesses become more specialized, I find that it can be useful to stratify biotech platforms into two buckets: target companies and modality companies. So far, AI advances have been more valuable for modality companies than for target companies. […]