AI / Machine Learning

sequoia put out a blog post called "services is the new software" look at this map of over $1T in

sequoia put out a blog post called "services is the new software" look at this map of over $1T in services being replaced by AI agents https://t.co/aFmDGhysfl

Mar 31, 2026

These circles aren’t moving at all, yet your brain swears they’re spinning wildly! Math and stripes

These circles aren’t moving at all, yet your brain swears they’re spinning wildly! Math and stripes just broke your eyes with this wild motion illusion. Can't unsee it? https://t.co/iJPI5uRDGG

Mar 31, 2026

Your brain is telling you there are more dots on the right side. The reality is that there are just

Your brain is telling you there are more dots on the right side. The reality is that there are just as many dots on the left side. (The Extinction Illusion) https://t.co/V9u6DSQX3W

Mar 30, 2026

I know you're all getting mighty tired of seeing typography on your timeline today! But here's a pr

I know you're all getting mighty tired of seeing typography on your timeline today! But here's a pretext.js demo that (hopefully) isn't a crime against justification and indentation. https://t.co/Vwzc

Mar 29, 2026

The inner life we’re trading away bigthink.com

The inner life we’re trading away Christof Koch smiles as he recalls a 2025 WIRED piece he recently read. Journalist Sam Apple spent a weekend at a remote Airbnb retreat with three couples, exploring

Mar 27, 2026

In 2019, MIT professor Patrick Winston gave a legendary 1-hour lecture called “How to Speak.” It ha

In 2019, MIT professor Patrick Winston gave a legendary 1-hour lecture called “How to Speak.” It has 18M+ views for a reason. His frameworks: • Your ideas are like your children • The 5-minute rule fo

Mar 27, 2026

$500 GPU outperforms Claude Sonnet on coding benchmarks using open-source AI system github.com

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Mar 26, 2026

$500 GPU outperforms Claude Sonnet on coding benchmarks using open-source AI system Comments

Mar 26, 2026

Great software engineers aren’t just hammering out code with AI anymore. They’re now building the s

Great software engineers aren’t just hammering out code with AI anymore. They’re now building the systems to automatically write and review code.

Mar 26, 2026

In the 1920s, researchers walked into Western Electric's factory in Chicago to test a simple theory:

In the 1920s, researchers walked into Western Electric's factory in Chicago to test a simple theory: Better lighting = better productivity. They cranked up the lights. Productivity soared. Then they d

Mar 25, 2026

What people will soon realize is that the Singularity is not near, there will be no 20% permanently

What people will soon realize is that the Singularity is not near, there will be no 20% permanently unemployed underclass, their will be no AI existential apocalypse and AI will not be doing all the j

Mar 25, 2026

> watching classmates get AI jobs > they're throwing around "transformers" and "embeddings" &g

> watching classmates get AI jobs > they're throwing around "transformers" and "embeddings" > I nod like I understand > I don't understand shit > been faking it for 4 months, got nowhere > found Stanf

Mar 24, 2026

When PCs started becoming ubiquitous, many futurists imagined that everyone would become a programme

When PCs started becoming ubiquitous, many futurists imagined that everyone would become a programmer, programming their own custom software. Because why not? In principle they could, so why wouldn't

Mar 24, 2026

Asked the AI to make a fun slide about potential de-skilling from AI use. Need to specify more clear

Asked the AI to make a fun slide about potential de-skilling from AI use. Need to specify more clearly what I mean by "fun". https://t.co/yA1vGZMfvk

Mar 24, 2026

Famously (there is a beautiful Works in Progress piece on this) in 2016, Geoffrey Hinton told an aud

Famously (there is a beautiful Works in Progress piece on this) in 2016, Geoffrey Hinton told an audience in Toronto that medical schools should stop training radiologists, since AI would soon outperf

Mar 24, 2026

As I continue research for my Computing documentary, I am dismayed by the volume of AI slop through

As I continue research for my Computing documentary, I am dismayed by the volume of AI slop through which I must wade, vomitus chunks of misinformation amplified by mindless multitudes of agentic slop

Mar 23, 2026

possibly the sharpest VC marketing move I've seen... @garrytan ships 15 claude code skills, the repo

possibly the sharpest VC marketing move I've seen... @garrytan ships 15 claude code skills, the repo hits 37k stars and 4.6k forks, then -- only after delivering real value - drops the pitch, bravo 👏

Mar 22, 2026

In 1999, calculating 3D lighting required doing 1 / sqrt(x) millions of times a second. CPUs back t

In 1999, calculating 3D lighting required doing 1 / sqrt(x) millions of times a second. CPUs back then would completely choke on this math. so the developers of Quake III used this literal black magic

Mar 21, 2026

It appears circular, but the balls are really moving in straight lines https://t.co/HawsQTlwIZ

Mar 21, 2026

Here are 13 things learned after making a big push to integrate AI into our companies: 1. We haven’

Here are 13 things learned after making a big push to integrate AI into our companies: 1. We haven’t replaced a single external SaaS tool with something we built internally. 2. We have refrained from

Mar 20, 2026

I’m 100 percent convinced the Art Deco design of Hoover Dam is America’s greatest ever public projec

I’m 100 percent convinced the Art Deco design of Hoover Dam is America’s greatest ever public project and we’ll probably never come close again https://t.co/ytLIQZqNnh

Mar 19, 2026

This is a cool example of how you can use AI to help your writing—without relying on it for any actu

This is a cool example of how you can use AI to help your writing—without relying on it for any actual writing. From @jasminewsun https://t.co/wOZdULWpwG https://t.co/CE8tbzXDGM

Mar 18, 2026

I spent 5+ years curating The Book of Elon. The biggest unexpected outcome wasn’t an increase in kn

I spent 5+ years curating The Book of Elon. The biggest unexpected outcome wasn’t an increase in knowledge, but an increase in my imagination. Studying Elon’s ideas, companies, and products revived my

Mar 17, 2026

New blog post: A Decade of Slug This talks about the evolution of the Slug font rendering algorithm,

New blog post: A Decade of Slug This talks about the evolution of the Slug font rendering algorithm, and it includes an exciting announcement: The patent has been dedicated to the public domain. https

Mar 17, 2026

I have been thinking a lot about Simon's quote in the age of AI. Whatever AI produces an abundance o

I have been thinking a lot about Simon's quote in the age of AI. Whatever AI produces an abundance of, paradoxically it's the opposite of that that will be the scarce, rate-limiting, valuable resource

Mar 17, 2026

if your specific niche is also "bizarre anecdotes about 1970s computer scientists" i have built your

if your specific niche is also "bizarre anecdotes about 1970s computer scientists" i have built your holy grail: just took a thousand oral histories from the @computerhistory museum and made them full

Mar 17, 2026

In 2018, Stanford professor Matt Abrahams gave a masterclass on why most people fail to communicate

In 2018, Stanford professor Matt Abrahams gave a masterclass on why most people fail to communicate well. He broke down: - The structure every message needs - Why audiences stop listening - The psycho

Mar 17, 2026

Extremely specific life advice: you can convert Fahrenheit to Celsius with the stops on the 6 train.

Extremely specific life advice: you can convert Fahrenheit to Celsius with the stops on the 6 train. 33 St =0° 42 St=5° 51 St=10° 59 St=15° Works to 96th St!

Mar 16, 2026

🚨Breaking: Someone just open sourced a database of 1,000+ free clones of your favorite classic game

🚨Breaking: Someone just open sourced a database of 1,000+ free clones of your favorite classic games and it's wild. It's called OSGameClones. And it's not a piracy site. It's a fully searchable, comm

Mar 16, 2026

So many retro projects getting revived now with AI, which ones should I check out? I saw people rev

So many retro projects getting revived now with AI, which ones should I check out? I saw people reverse engineering Gameboy games etc.

Mar 15, 2026

In my new quest to train as a plumber-one of the most coveted jobs now, I' m creating plumbing vide

In my new quest to train as a plumber-one of the most coveted jobs now, I' m creating plumbing videos & lessons using @NotebookLM. Here is an amazing short video! Turns out to be more interesting than

Mar 15, 2026

An inspiring and clearly necessary post by @davidbessis on the value of intellectual work in an age

An inspiring and clearly necessary post by @davidbessis on the value of intellectual work in an age of AI. https://t.co/XumYiKpmVs

Mar 15, 2026

This is what our first graders used to read in our one-room schoolhouses (the dominant form of educa

This is what our first graders used to read in our one-room schoolhouses (the dominant form of education) 100 years ago. We accomplished a 94% literacy rate with this method. Now with huge fancy schoo

Mar 15, 2026

Did you know your electric meter is broadcasting your live usage data right now?! I sent Claude a p

Did you know your electric meter is broadcasting your live usage data right now?! I sent Claude a photo of my LADWP meter, bought the suggested $49 antenna off Amazon, and in 1 minute and 6 seconds of

Mar 14, 2026

Never forget when Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer did this. https://t.co/eEC2HWPsHc

Mar 14, 2026

“Go create value for others and don’t worry about the returns. If you create more value than you con

“Go create value for others and don’t worry about the returns. If you create more value than you consume, you are welcome in any well operating community.” https://t.co/BSp1khDg2p

Mar 12, 2026

New media runs on speed. @pmarca on the OODA loop: "Speed wins." "If you can have a sustainably f

New media runs on speed. @pmarca on the OODA loop: "Speed wins." "If you can have a sustainably faster OODA loop processing cycle than the next guy... then if you think about what happens — let's say

Mar 11, 2026

Somebody released a directory of 1,700+ dead startups (backed by YC) here is the link: https://t.co

Somebody released a directory of 1,700+ dead startups (backed by YC) here is the link: https://t.co/URIxJVUtIb all of them have deep analysis of product inside and full funding story (in short, 100% p

Mar 9, 2026

Focus on the black cross and the red dots will appear to follow waves even though they move straight

Focus on the black cross and the red dots will appear to follow waves even though they move straight. https://t.co/q4Do3ZAvzD

Mar 8, 2026

🚨 Someone built a full virtual computer that runs inside your browser. No downloads. No installs.

🚨 Someone built a full virtual computer that runs inside your browser. No downloads. No installs. No VMs. Just a Docker command. It's called Neko. It runs a complete desktop environment inside a Dock

Mar 8, 2026

Rumi said “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” Clarity doesn't come before action.

Rumi said “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” Clarity doesn't come before action. It comes from action.

Mar 8, 2026

SERVICE-AS-A-SOFTWARE. That is the real opportunity for 90% of us. I keep watching smart people po

SERVICE-AS-A-SOFTWARE. That is the real opportunity for 90% of us. I keep watching smart people pour months into building beautiful UI applications that Anthropic and OpenAI are going to absorb in a s

Mar 7, 2026

Blood pressure “normal” has been redefined dramatically in our lifetimes — and it raises real questi

Blood pressure “normal” has been redefined dramatically in our lifetimes — and it raises real questions about who benefits. In this older clip, the doctor traces the shifting guidelines: - 1970s: Trea

Mar 7, 2026

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not c

"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution,

Mar 7, 2026

The Cantillon effect is the most devastating—and deliberately ignored—mechanism by which the state p

The Cantillon effect is the most devastating—and deliberately ignored—mechanism by which the state plunders the masses to enrich its cronies. When central banks create new money, it doesn't magically

Mar 6, 2026

A UX pattern I like: inline dialogs. Instead of blurring the whole background, just push the main c

A UX pattern I like: inline dialogs. Instead of blurring the whole background, just push the main content out of focus and replace it with the dialog. Navigation and header stay accessible, and it fee

Mar 6, 2026

I would really love a service that took my read later and bookmarks list and mailed me a printed edi

I would really love a service that took my read later and bookmarks list and mailed me a printed edition every month. I haven't modeled it and assume it doesn't work as a business, but would maybe som

Mar 5, 2026

tiny beautiful things: turning your handwriting into font 1. write down a-z, A-Z, 1-9 and punctuati

tiny beautiful things: turning your handwriting into font 1. write down a-z, A-Z, 1-9 and punctuation on a piece of paper 2. give it to claude to create a font from 3. pull it into your next project h

Mar 5, 2026

AI ending interior design Nano banana 2 now can turn sketch floor plan into 4K 3D rendering with ac

AI ending interior design Nano banana 2 now can turn sketch floor plan into 4K 3D rendering with accurate dimension, take photos for each room, and 1-click furniture change used to cost $100k and mont

Mar 5, 2026

They quietly removed the most intense exercise that grew a child's brain beyond their level. Read m

They quietly removed the most intense exercise that grew a child's brain beyond their level. Read more about the Dual Attention Switching.. 🧵 https://t.co/XXW5DyYirs

Mar 5, 2026