I am the weirdest AI fanboy you’ll ever meet. I’ve used every single major large language model you can think of. I have completely replaced VSCode with Cursor for my IDE. And, I’ve had more subscriptions to AI tools than you even knew existed. This includes a $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscription. And yet, despite my … Read more
Forget TikTok: the US might need to ban DeepSeek-V3. International users are unknowingly engaging with a chatbot that’s designed to support and disseminate the ideological and political views of the Chinese government. Today I investigated DeepSeek-V3, the new AI challenging ChatGPT’s hold on the market. It’s free to access via the web, or download and … Read more
AI’s biggest risk is not progress, it’s energy. But recently, I came across one of the most fascinating pieces of journalism I’ve read about a decades-old theory that could come true in 2025 and help us fight this risk. Published in the reputable IEEE Spectrum magazine, it introduces reversible computing. The promise? 4,000x efficiency gains. The concept? Magical. By … Read more
The psychologist William James¹ famously described infant perception as being “one great blooming, buzzing confusion.” His assertion was based mostly on speculation rather than on scientific studies of infants. In more recent times scientists have devised methods that can be used to ask infants what they perceive, and these provide a bases for making empirical assessments … Read more
For one hundred years now, since a statistician named Ronald Fisher introduced in 1925 the norm of reporting in studies and surveys a “p-value”, the concept of significance has eluded not only the general public, but quite a few scientists. Many brilliant researchers simply automatically apply the routine of obtaining and reporting a p-value, without … Read more
In a historic Congressional hearing on November 13, 2024, a former Navy Admiral calmly described something extraordinary: during a critical military exercise, unknown objects were so frequently interacting with U.S. fighter jets that they nearly had to shut down operations. “I received an email on Navy secure network,” testified Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, former Oceanographer of … Read more
Books are a superpower. I love them because they summarize decades of knowledge or inspire us with stories. I have tons of books to recommend. But I wanted this top to be different. I wanted to focus on effective learning. Books that can actually rocket your knowledge in how to learn things fast and effectively. … Read more
We were in a classroom full of almost-teenagers. Fifth or sixth grade, I don’t remember. The question — the one that had prompted the raising of our hands — had been asked by the school’s director. The question was this: “Who here has read Pride and Prejudice?” My hand shot up instinctively, driven by the memory … Read more
One Hour. 60 Minutes. 3,600 Seconds. We all have the same 24 hours in a day, but somehow, the idea of carving out just one hour to learn something new feels monumental for most people. It’s strange when you think about it — one hour is the time it takes to watch a TV episode, scroll endlessly through … Read more
Stop telling people your business. Some people talk to you so they can talk about you. — Nipsey Hussle How can I stop telling people, and when should I know I am an oversharer? There is a gray line. Pay attention to small things, especially when the conversation gets one-sided. Think about your privacy. Don’t … Read more