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The OpenAI CEO reportedly confuses basic coding and machine learning terms, numerous insiders have admitted.

An update to More Magic Math from OpenAI The final mad dash to IPO is on for the big AI companies. SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic have all made their intentions clear. And nothing could be more obvi…

“A newspaper is not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, it is also a collective organiser.” — Vladimir Lenin In 1902, Lenin argued that his revolution needed a new…

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No.397 — Ending the AI arms race ⊗ Insight and future-fit decisions ⊗ Better AI creative collaborators ⊗ Progressive Paris ⊗ The asteroid ryugu and the building blocks of life

The struggle over the Fed is a constitutional conflict: in a representative system, the power over money belongs to the legislature

"I think there's a small but real chance he's eventually remembered as a Bernie Madoff- or Sam Bankman-Fried-level scammer."

The text of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause is fairly unambiguous.

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

We've been the marks of our own long cons, all the way up

After Donald Trump was elected for a second time, he began to systematically destroy the "rules-based order" that the US had painstaking constructed after World War II. It's elements includedRead More

Part I - The Early Years

First we examined his businesses. Now we look at the grifts since he was elected.

And maybe that's okay.

No.395 — Possibilities literacy ⊗ Proof ⊗ Energy falling below $100 ⊗ Roots and the meaning of life

I’m turning 40 in a month or so, and at 40 years young, I’m old enough to remember as far back as December 11 2025, when Disney and OpenAI “reached an agreement” to “bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora.” As part of the deal,

The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world.

I gave this talk yesterday to the Massachusetts Teachers Association, as part of the MTA Retired First Wednesday Speaker Series. Thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you today. I’m honored that you’ve asked me here, as I strongly believe that “AI” marks one of

I need to confess something before I write this piece.

No.393 — The future belongs to the creative generalists ⊗ Media’s bad idea with Kalshi ⊗ Reimagining realism ⊗ Labor market impacts of AI ⊗ World record for fusion plasma ⊗ Apocalypse no

Welcome to the Trump Bloc

We cannot separate the everyday use of “AI” platforms from their use in death and war.