Interesting reads

It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…

Electronics that mimic the treelike branches that form the network neurons use to communicate with each other could lead to artificial intelligence that no longer requires the megawatts of power available in the cloud. It will run on the watts that can be drawn from the battery in a smartphone.

Women don't avoid sovereign hobbies by accident; they get pulled back before they ever reach the water

Notes on technological anxiety

Big Tech’s AI tools trained on Western data often can’t recognize local crops, forests, or farming conditions without adaptation to local environments.

Your Android phone has a GPU more powerful than most 2018 laptops. Modern Snapdragon chips have...

The Industrial Revolution's chief product was not goods, but a new class of laborers who owned nothing and worked to survive. Historian Peter Linebaugh traces the creation of this working class through the violent enclosure of the commons they once relied on.

Here’s Why Dreams During Naps Are So Weird: And what it has to do with Thomas Edison

Most teams don’t pick the wrong stack because they misunderstand the technology. They pick it because they misunderstand themselves.

Defunct startups are pawning off their former employees conversations for up to $100,000, according to a new report.