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"The problems are tractable, but they're still difficult”
Life is continuous with Earth’s geochemistry
I have a much better understanding of Sutton’s vision now
Life is continuous with Earth's geochemistry??
LLMs aren’t Bitter-Lesson-pilled
Plus, how VLA models work, self-improvement from deployment, and China’s hardware advantage
“The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril” – Winston Churchill
Is the answer already in our genome?
Is solar the only way to meet the 100s of GW of extra demand AI will generate?
“Chickens are unbeatable at converting grain into protein”
Plus, the most lopsided naval battle in human history
The most consequential figure of the 20th century
An audio version of the original blog post
In order to understand Stalin, Kotkin basically wrote a whole world history of the 19th/20th century.
6 new lectures from my most popular guest, 4 times over.
