Compression is prediction(ngrok.com)

611 points by nikolay 2 months ago | 252 comments

An ngrok blog post explaining compression basics and how data compressors and LLMs fundamentally solve the same prediction problem.

A student’s desire to get out of a exam led to a compression algorithm(quantamagazine.org)

295 points by the-mitr 3 years ago | 105 comments

How Is Compression Prediction?(lukefleed.xyz)

5 points by aziis98 1 month ago | 0 comments

Of course AI is extractive, everything is lately(coryd.dev)

61 points by cdme 2 years ago | 46 comments

Where's the "Intelligence Explosion"?(noahpinion.blog)

27 points by anon373839 27 days ago | 8 comments

A Noahpinion guest essay by Ramez Naam offering a skeptical take on recursive self-improvement and the idea of an AI intelligence explosion.

Unikernels were hard. key word: were(ghuntley.com)

177 points by ghuntley 16 days ago | 89 comments

Geoffrey Huntley blog post recounting a conversation with Justin Cormack about why unikernels are becoming practical again and their security benefits.