Subatomic Articles

The New York Times argued yesterday that Google’s AI search features are starving the open internet, which depends in part on user traffic to sustain itself.

“This is the EXPLOIT CHAIN!”

After more than a year of trials and new models, Anthropic’s Claude AI has finally managed to beat Pokémon Red.

Epistemic note: This essay conflates two related concepts, the tendency of humans to build civilization by exploiting Nature’s rules and the vulnerability of that same civilization to exploits in turn, under one name.

To avoid spoilers, skip the first section.

You are a wise member of the proud and noble Clan Auran.

Yesterday I described an experience that impressed upon fifteen-year-old me the importance of speaking with urgency and courage when something awful is happening.

The summer before my freshman year of high school, I attended a science-themed summer camp at the University of Florida.

A brief explainer on Claude Mythos Preview.

Many people who are paying attention to the trajectory of AI worry about its potential to concentrate power.