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How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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How do the binary electronic signals of neurons give rise to subjective experience? Mathematician and machine learning researcher Nina Miolane joined science historian Claire Isabel Webb to explore this question from an unexpected direction: geometry. Plotting the collective firing rate… more ›
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In this conversation, Boots Riley breaks down why “boosters” or people who shoplift and resell goods in their communities are often treated as villains while the larger systems that create poverty and inequality go unquestioned. Drawing from his experiences as… more ›
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Talking about my inability to be reliably opinionated and the future of this channel. https://ift.tt/KehcxlL https://ift.tt/xOruWUn — more ›
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Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering. https://www.theverge.com/tech/949259/the-worlds-first-trillionaire-is-a-killer more ›
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No commentary. No analysis. Just Madison Square Garden. The Knicks trailed by 29 points with 9:40 remaining in the third quarter before completing the largest comeback in NBA Finals history. Experience the historic Game 4 comeback through the sounds of… more ›
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Emily Chang meets Anthropic co-founders Dario and Daniela Amodei for a rare, in-depth discussion of the startup’s origin story, its battles with the Pentagon and how the company says it intends to put safety first in the high-stakes AI race.… more ›