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With fifth busy beaver, researchers approach computation's limits(quantamagazine.org)
496 points by LegionMammal978 | 127 comments
Quanta Magazine article on how a collaborative team of amateur programmers proved the value of the fifth busy beaver number, BB(5).
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With fifth busy beaver, researchers approach computation's limits(quantamagazine.org)
496 points by LegionMammal978 | 127 comments
Quanta Magazine article on how a collaborative team of amateur programmers proved the value of the fifth busy beaver number, BB(5).
The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else(washingtonpost.com)
359 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 | 596 comments
Washington Post article on how the roughly $700 billion AI spending boom is causing shortages of electricians, components, and pricier smartphones elsewhere in the economy.
AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)
524 points by rzk | 452 comments
A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.
Biology might not be quantum, but its math is quantumlike(quantamagazine.org)
112 points by pseudolus | 49 comments
Quanta Magazine article arguing that while biology may not rely on quantum effects, the mathematics describing biological systems resembles quantum math.
AI agents are starting to eat SaaS(martinalderson.com)
343 points by jnord | 343 comments
Martin Alderson blog post arguing that AI coding agents are reducing demand for SaaS products as companies can cheaply build their own software.
Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)
453 points by bx376 | 663 comments
An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.