Gwern goes public. “I am retiring from fulltime writing (& pseudonymity) to launch Guardian Angel Inc and bring GAs to life.” The pitch is that big labs “structurally cannot build agents loyal to an individual user” because incentives will eventually […]
AI confidence theater. “So I started asking a simple question whenever someone told me AI had changed their life: ‘Cool. Show me.’” Elena Verna’s point: most “life-changing” AI workflows are just decent time-savers dressed up like miracles, and the hype […]
Size of life. “From the largest dinosaurs that roamed the Earth to the smallest insects, the ‘Size of Life’ visualization provides a fascinating perspective on the scale of various life forms across time and space.” ~ learn more
Spare them either extreme. “The idea is that we’re trying to raise self-sufficient kids, adults who take pride in effort, who are driven and ambitious, kids who as Ron Lieber’s fantastic book says are “the opposite of spoiled,” and have […]
“Roughly, every eight to ten years, life seems to cycle through like a brush fire to clean up the excesses of the past decade.” ~ learn more
“The team found that the streamlined cell can evolve just as fast as a normal cell—demonstrating the capacity for organisms to adapt, even with an unnatural genome that would seemingly provide little flexibility.” ~ learn more
This isn’t news, it’s just a normal thing that happens in the world. “Zombie fly fungus lures healthy male flies to mate with female corpses.” | learn more
“Are you still under the illusion that you’ll one day reach a point in your life where you no longer have any problems?” | learn more
“Why do so many people choose to pursue things that will bring them pain? To psychologist Paul Bloom, the answer is that living a meaningful life requires that we choose to take on a reasonable amount of pain.” | learn more
As you start reading this article, you’ll think it’s about money. But it is really about happiness. “Be with your love, on an 80-degree and sunny day, overlooking a beautiful body of water, having sex.” | learn more