Merging DeepMind and Google AI was a double-edged sword. It helped Google catch up, but it made a lot of researchers unhappy – and they're leaving.
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AI models like ChatGPT compared to ABC, NBC, CBS facing 500 channels
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Today’s ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude are like the ABC, NBC and CBS of old: soon to be swamped by 500 channels and the Internet.
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AI cost savings enable new purchases, rebutting lump-of-demand fallacy
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If AI makes things cheaper, people will use the savings to buy things they couldn't afford before. Anything else is a lump-of-demand fallacy.
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Transformers prove new algorithms needed for AGI
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Sam, in his typical ignorance, has it exactly backward. In the long-running argument between those who say scaling is enough for AGI and those who say we need new algorithms, transformers are a massive victory for the latter – they prove their point. https://t.co/6qg21K7HMP
— Pedro Domingos (@pmddomingos) 19 juin 2026Sam, in his typical ignorance, has it exactly backward. In the long-running argument between those who say scaling is enough for AGI and those who say we need new algorithms, transformers are a massive victory for the latter – they prove their point.
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Pay workers training AI replacements in stock for mutual benefit
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Pay workers who train their AI replacements in stock, and everyone will gain.
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Pay workers training AI replacements in stock benefits all
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Pay workers who train their AI replacements in stock, and everyone will gain.
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Harness engineering replaces prompt engineering as new trend
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Harness engineering is the new prompt engineering.
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Vast knowledge and low intelligence are norm for AIs
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Vast knowledge and low intelligence seldom coexist in a human, but they're they're the norm among AIs.
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AI slashes transaction costs, Coase theory predicts end of companies
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AI slashes transaction costs, so per Coase's theory it'll be the end of companies.
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Anthropic’s double standard on AI security and export controls
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Anthropic: Red alert! Our models are a major security risk!
Also Anthropic: How could the government slap export controls on them? Outrageous!