Very interesting. I wonder, though, does being able to build things very quickly really reduce the need to think and plan methodically? Or are you able to A-B test prototypes quickly, too, to see what works?
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AI Creates Meditation App: New Research on Autonomous Development
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This meditation app is was invented, designed and coded, and then submitted to the app store by an AI model (it made a few mistakes along the way). In a new research paper, @sayashk and others say having AI take on this kind of messy open world task could offer a better way to
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Eka emerges as leading robotics company in market
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There are a lot of robotics companies out there nowadays but I think Eka might be *the* one . https://t.co/9OWdnot7Yy
— Will Knight (@willknight) 27 avril 2026There are a lot of robotics companies out there nowadays but I think Eka might be *the* one .
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Canada must invest massively in AI manufacturing sector
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Canada (and Europe and the US) need to invest massively in manufacturing imo. The long-term potential of using AI seems huge.
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AI Impact on Technical Jobs: Opportunities Beyond Job Displacement
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I can't help feeling this is a bit of an own goal from Dario. Surely the reality is a bit more complicated, and it would seem wise to emphasize both the uncertainty and the fact that AI might also create new opportunities for technical people. https://t.co/T5tny39hAp
— Will Knight (@willknight) 27 avril 2026I can't help feeling this is a bit of an own goal from Dario. Surely the reality is a bit more complicated, and it would seem wise to emphasize both the uncertainty and the fact that AI might also create new opportunities for technical people.
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AI Job Displacement: Understanding Complexity Beyond Simple Narratives
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I think this is a good insight. The tricky thing may be emphasizing this kind of complexity amid anecdotes of AI replacing some workers, as it inevitably will.
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AI Models Automate Self-Jailbreaking Process Advancement
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I mentioned this project in this week's AI Lab newsletter. It suggests a kind of flip side to the idea of self-improvement in AI models. As models become more powerful, it shows they can automate the process of figuring out how to jailbreak themselves and other models remarkably
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Unitree Robotics: China Supply Chain Mastery Threatens US Competition
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Sam is right about the importance of robotics for the US but Unitree offers a real lesson to US companies hoping to compete at the bleeding edge. It has risen thanks to a true mastery of China’s supply chain.
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Challenges in Manufacturing World-Class Affordable Robot Actuators
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If only it were that easy to make world-class cheap robot actuators… https://t.co/0iO1tfZ8vf
— Will Knight (@willknight) 22 avril 2026If only it were that easy to make world-class cheap robot actuators…
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Connecting Enhanced Primates to Claude Code Systems
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I know this is a joke but what what if we did connect juiced up monkeys to claude code?