Latest duck report
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There’s not much to tell: Hazel and Dolores remain in the pond, and are
still BFFs, always swimming, eating, and sleeping together. I’m glad
they’re friend...
Benedict Evans: Why AI Isn’t What You Think
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Benedict Evans has been calling tech shifts for decades. Now he says forget
the hype: AI isn’t the new electricity. It’s the biggest change since the
iPh...
The UK May Be Dropping Its Backdoor Mandate
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The US Director of National Intelligence is reporting that the UK
government is dropping its backdoor mandate against the Apple iPhone. For
now, at least...
Rupert’s Property
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You can cut a hole in a cube that’s big enough to slide an identical cube
through that hole! Think about that for a minute—it’s kind of weird.
Amazingly, e...
NATO Shifts to New Fronts
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With Ukraine in collapse, Trump redirects NATO toward fresh proxy wars.
Michael Hudson outlines U.S. plans to pressure Russia through the Baltics,
Syria,...
AI: False Savior of a Hollowed-Out Economy
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*What nobody seems to notice is all the incentives for deploying AI are
perverse. *
*The real story of the US economy isn't about AI, it's about an econom...
Futarchy To Pick Ad Agency
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One big obstacle to getting firms to adopt futarchy is this: firm execs are
reluctant to open up to wider review decisions that they feel they “own”.
Monday Message Board
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Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion
and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the
sandpits,...
Economics and AI take off
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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI)
and fully general humanoid robotics are just around the corner, or so many
peopl...
Houston, We Have Another Problem
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This follow-up to our earlier report, Houston, We Have a Problem,
identifies a new and deeply concerning signal: excess infant and child
mortality in those...
Updates!
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(1) My 8-year-old son asked me last week, “daddy, did you hear that GPT-5
is now out?” So yes, I’m indeed aware that GPT-5 is now out! I’ve just
started pl...
Berghonger
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Wandelend met E en Y, vorige week in Vorarlberg Bergen hebben altijd een
kalmerend effect op me, al sinds ik voor het eerst in de Alpen was toen ik
negen w...
AI: great expectations
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This time around I decided on a guest column. The guest is a 37 years ago
younger me, and this post is one that I wrote in for Manufacturing
Engineering in...
What have I done?? No doubt a terrible thing!
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I never forgot this cartoon strip that I first encountered in my first year
at La Trobe University, Melbourne, in 1969. I was pleased to recently
rediscove...
Fun things to do with Strava
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Ninety-nine percent of the time, I think of Strava as a running app. But
every now and then, I do something a bit different with it. Here are a few
example...
Sortition? Hmmm…
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I am about to break my indication that I am unlikely to post again until
after Jen’s death. I am bored to death in this Regis joint filled with old
codgers...
Fractured bones, fractured mind
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[image: Two x-rays, one showing lungs, the other showing a displaced and
fractured right clavicle.]Pretty pictures of my broken torso.
Five weeks ago my bi...
AI Safety Course Intro Blog
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I am teaching CS 2881: AI Safety this fall at Harvard. This blog is
primarily aimed at students at Harvard or MIT (where we have a
cross-registering agreem...
Good News Ukraine.
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Sorting out the real situation in the Russo Ukrainian war
https://billkerr1947.github.io/ukraineWar/ “Artillery Conquers, Infantry
Occupies” and drones are...
Papert’s 8 Big Ideas (Lithuanian Translation)
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Translation by Marius Narvilas Aštuonios didžiosios konstrukcionizmo
idÄ—jos Dr Seymour Papert 1999 Pirmoji idÄ—ja – mokytis darant. Visada
išmokstama ger...
Marble Maze Modules
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Beyond the Marble: How Modular Mazes Build Skills and Spark Wonder Building
a marble maze is more than just a fun challenge—it’s a gateway to exploring
a w...
Lifespan extension: separating fact from fiction
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Thinking about longevity practically is a tricky affair. On the one hand,
we have very little definitive knowledge about how to prolong your healthy
years ...
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