I know why the mathematicians weep(derekthompson.org)

342 points by RickJWagner 11 days ago | 561 comments

Derek Thompson essay on his Substack about technological grief, using mathematicians' reactions to AI advances as a lens.

APL: An Array Oriented Programming Language (2018)(medium.com)

94 points by tailrecursion 3 years ago | 80 comments

Doug Lenat has died(garymarcus.substack.com)

517 points by snewman 3 years ago | 144 comments

Gary Marcus's Substack obituary for AI researcher Doug Lenat (1950-2023), creator of the Cyc project, describing him as a giant of AI.

Jimmy Wales trusts the process(theverge.com)

30 points by saikatsg 10 months ago | 39 comments

Schrödinger's Cat and Heisenberg's Cut(jimbaggott.substack.com)

13 points by lawrenceyan 1 year ago | 3 comments

Airfoil(ciechanow.ski)

4 points by gronky_ 2 years ago | 0 comments