Hola! Day one in every of my trip has begun. To prepare, I’m closing a few of these pesty tabs. (Is it “pesty”? That doesn’t sound correct. Testy? Pesky! I’m closing a few of these PESKY tabs).
I’ve been gradual to replace the substack with new Claude code materials on account of all this touring in Europe the final 47 days (!), however I’ve a couple of drafts of posts I’m letting marinating. However till then, right here’s some articles.
Daron Acemoglu thinks little or no of the general public commentary on AI is value our time.
OpenAI has poached the Apple government who has been chargeable for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. That is for work with Jonny Ive on the wearable product line they’re engaged on. I introduced mine with me to Europe and most days nonetheless use it. So good rent!
Andrew Baker at UC Berkeley faculty of regulation has an article questioning the knowledge of Anthropic hiring Chad Jones from a company governance perspective but additionally simply as a citizen of the planet.
Right here is one in every of Chad Jones’s articles on AI, however that is the one Baker mentioned.
Right here is Chads vita.
An try and measuring the scale of the AI economic system.
The US authorities softens in opposition to Iran’s World Cup workforce as they proceed taking part in nicely.
OpenAI on the swap to agentic AI. I feel if individuals are writing skeptically about AI, however appear totally disconnected from figuring out a lot personally about agentic AI are in all probability the canary within the mine for me that they’re not updating.
I used to go to the Apple web site and see if I might assemble the costliest pc potential. Now I simply go to the Toto web page and see if I can discover the costliest bathroom. Right here’s one for $27k.
Belgium declares a traditionally excessive warmth wave, which I used to be lucky sufficient to get to expertise first hand. And so they weren’t exaggerating — it was scorching.
Anthropic introduces Claude tag that lets groups work with it extra. It features a slack integration — that or it’s that solely, undecided.
Ominous predictions that we’re solely months out from devastating assaults on governments from hackers utilizing frontier AI fashions. I’m bracing for it.
Are you within the language mannequin weights? I’m as are my many scott Cunningham comrades together with probably the most well-known scott Cunningham of all of them — the Wiccan one.
The world’s most AI pilled economists.
Roger Myerson on optimum public sale design.
From Jeremy Yang and coauthors, AI doesn’t simply make you quicker — it makes you tackle duties you by no means would’ve. All of the extra motive that verification versus manufacturing is to maintain being the urgent subject for us when AI brokers are used for producing analysis.
Extra indicators that AI help is making children full cognitive duties quicker however studying much less. I’m nervous about this too however truthfully I’m additionally nervous concerning the prioritization of grades over studying as its personal reward. Should you throw AI into that, I’m truthfully not shocked it stunts studying as a result of until studying is its personal reward to us, it is going to be tempting if not an outright entice to get stuff performed quicker and study much less.
Virginia Postrel has a cool article on the historical past of the Dr Spock e-book for moms with small infants.
The US permits Anthropic to launch Mythos to “trusted organizations”. A bit extra right here.
Ive already learn six of those eleven books you’re imagined to have learn by age 75. So I obtained time.
Information facilities could also be about to drive inflation. By which case, get a few of these from Amazon prime day whereas they final at these low low costs! Right here’s Wirecutters faves.
However severely information facilities are in all probability on the said motive for rising Apple costs, however one does marvel what position tariffs have performed too.
Europeans confronted with the sticker shock of America’s tipping tradition.
Fable could also be coming again quickly.
And that’s it! Want me luck!
