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LLMs Fight With Both Hands Tied Behind Their Back

The Black Spatula Project: Day Five

The Black Spatula Project

The Future Is Already Here, It’s Just Not Evenly Distributed

What Are the Real Questions in AI?

AI is Racing Forward – on a Very Long Road

To Change the World, Set a Bold Target: Moore's Law as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

No, A Bot Didn't Just Make $150M in Crypto

Learning to Explore: AlphaProof and o1 Show The Path to AI Creativity

AI Creativity Is A Question of Quality, Not Novelty

What It’s Like To Solve a Math Olympiad Problem

AI Could Break Things; Let's Use It As a Wakeup Call To Make Them Stronger

The Unreasonable Magic of Rolling A Tennis Ball Down a Sandcastle

Rather Than Arguing About What We Don't Know, Let's Work Together To Find Out

The Problems That Google Docs Never Solved

A Response to "Situational Awareness"

Grounding the Conversation About AI

One Conversation is Worth a Thousand Angry Takes

Conversation with Noah Smith

What To Expect When You’re Expecting GPT-5

I Don't See How Comparative Advantage Applies In a World of Strong AI

Why Are LLMs So Gullible?

Anatomy of a Hack

What is “Prompt Injection”, And Why Does It Fool Chatbots?

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