The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical(gatesnotes.com)

20 points by maayank 1 month ago | 4 comments

Next-generation electricity is almost here(gatesnotes.com)

12 points by jonbaer 7 months ago | 10 comments

Tough truths about climate(gatesnotes.com)

64 points by ezequiel-garzon 1 year ago | 47 comments

My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth(gatesnotes.com)

487 points by nrvn 1 year ago | 509 comments

Bill Gates's GatesNotes post announcing he plans to give away virtually all his wealth over the next 20 years via the Gates Foundation.

Microsoft’s original source code(gatesnotes.com)

550 points by EvgeniyZh 1 year ago | 289 comments

Bill Gates's GatesNotes post presenting Microsoft's original source code (Altair BASIC), styled with ASCII art on a printout-like page.

Successful people set constraints rather than chasing goals(joanwestenberg.com)

343 points by MaysonL 1 year ago | 182 comments

A blog essay by Joan Westenberg arguing that smart people create limits and constraints for themselves rather than chasing goals.

Why the AI future will be awesome(nullpaste.org)

5 points by samstress 18 days ago | 6 comments

A plain-text essay arguing that AI will bring humanity's best era, addressing concerns like bioweapons, AI cyberattacks, and misalignment.

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.

When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing(robert-glaser.de)

355 points by youngbrioche 5 months ago | 234 comments

Robert Glaser's blog essay on why companies fail to turn individual AI tool use into organizational learning and team capabilities.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

Do not fear AI. Fear AI companies(df7sc6o35ljoz.cloudfront.net)

14 points by rDr4g0n 1 month ago | 2 comments

An essay arguing that people should fear the companies building AI rather than AI itself, appealing to readers' intuition that something is wrong.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.