Don’t let AI kill the author
A deep reading note on why writing cannot be fully outsourced to AI, and how machine-made prose threatens thought, trust, and authorship.
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AI often makes writing worse. (Even if it makes it better)
A deep reading note on why AI can make writing worse even when it makes prose smoother, and what writing preserves about human thought.
Top mathematicians are outraged by OpenAI’s methods
A deep reading note on mathematicians’ objections to OpenAI’s research methods, proof, understanding, and the future of open inquiry.
Can the AI arms race be stopped?
A deep reading note on whether the AI arms race can be stopped, and the security dilemma between safety, strategic competition, and verification.
War has not halted the Gulf’s data-centre boom: Silicon dunes
A deep reading note on the Gulf’s data-centre boom, AI infrastructure, and the language of geopolitics and investment.
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一套保留家庭数据、无需手机 VPN、通过公网 HTTPS 访问 Immich 的部署记录与复现教程
A Gradual Rate-Hike Stress Test for the U.S. Financial System
An interactive scenario analysis of how gradual rate hikes transmit through U.S. markets, borrowers, banks, and financial stability.
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