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.

Bébé Bibliophile(ymeskhout.com)

32 points by Michelangelo11 2 years ago | 14 comments

On Being a Dad(derekthompson.org)

8 points by NaOH 7 months ago | 4 comments

How do you build a semiconductor company on something that's free?(siliconimist.com)

83 points by johncole 5 months ago | 31 comments

AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement(dwarkesh.com)

96 points by artninja1988 1 month ago | 91 comments

Strategic Altruism(conspicuouscognition.com)

18 points by ohpissoff 2 years ago | 8 comments

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 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.

Questions for Believers in AI Consciousness(endsdontjustifythemeans.com)

22 points by cobbzilla 20 days ago | 29 comments

A Substack essay by Rebecca Lowe posing six philosophical questions, in a choose-your-own-adventure format, for people who believe AI systems are conscious.

We're Missing a Key Reason Why Americans Hate AI(derekthompson.org)

11 points by abe94 24 days ago | 8 comments

A paid Substack essay by Derek Thompson arguing the AI buildout has raised costs rather than delivering cheap abundance, fueling American hostility to AI.

Where do the children play?(unpublishablepapers.substack.com)

363 points by casca 11 months ago | 242 comments

A Substack essay by Eli Stark-Elster on Unpublishable Papers arguing children need spaces and a world free of adult supervision to play.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

On AI writing(bolkunov.com)

72 points by dbolkunov 5 days ago | 61 comments

Blog post by Dima Bolkunov arguing that AI-generated writing averages out style, making the author harder to see and empathize with.