2026-05-21
Merkle Trees and Cryptographic Accumulators: The Mathematical Backbone of Blockchain Integrity
A deep dive into how blockchains prove what they know — without revealing everything they know.
Turn AI into a Better Meeting Partner
AI is becoming a regular part of team meetings, with many leaders expecting it to improve collaboration and decision-making. But adding AI to a discussion without clear norms can backfire,...
Framed
Turn screenshots, videos, and code into polished visuals Discussion | Link
Numb mental state shifts
There are different mental states that feel different. Those are relatively obvious. For instance, being angry or drunk or frustrated or besotted. Then—for me at least—there are different mental states...
Women should be able to open things
I'm pretty annoyed today, for nominal reasons ranging between ‘petty’ and ‘doesn’t even make sense’. I’m not entirely sure how or if to take oneself seriously when one has such...
Why are people so scared of causing fear?
An odd aspect of discussing serious threats is the amount of concern people express about you causing other people to be concerned. This kind of makes sense for interlocutors who...
Document-tuning instills durable animal compassion in LLMs (and generalizes to humans)
Note: This post focuses on the alignment implications. Our EA Forum, focusing on the implications for animal welfare, is here.Jasmine Brazilek & Miles Tidmarsh: Compassion Aligned Machine LearningPreprint, March 2026:...
What About Us?
Polymaths 3/3In the previous post we explored the benefits for innovation that reasoning by analogy brings, and the utilisation of this process by the greatest minds throughout history and today.Analogies...
SpaceX pitches itself as integrated interplanetary proto-monopolist in IPO filing
Aims for the stars while burning cash and blowing deadlines on Earth
The Whole Kitten-Cavoodle
Polymaths 2/3In the first post in this series, we detailed what polymaths are and what first principles thinking is. In this post we will critique first principles thinking and make...
Tycoon AI
Run one-person companies entirely with AI agents Discussion | Link
Investigating the Health Impacts of UFPs and VOCs from FDM Printers
FDM 3D printing is fairly messy on a molecular scale, with the filament being heated up to temperatures high enough to melt it, which produces ultra-fine particles (UFPs) and volatile...
The Verge: ‘The 13 Biggest Announcements at Google I/O 2026’
Andrew Liszewski and Stevie Bonifield, writing for The Verge (gift link): Google’s I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5...
AlliHat
Claude AI in your Safari sidebar Discussion | Link
Pitt, Tarantino, and Fincher's big movie hits IMAX before Netflix release
The Adventures of Cliff Booth, a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is getting a surprise theater release this November.
WSJ: ‘Google Unveils New Gemini AI Agent for Personal Tasks’
Katherine Blunt and Rolfe Winkler, reporting for The Wall Street Journal from Google I/O (gift link): Google is supercharging its Gemini artificial-intelligence model to become more competitive in the era...
Google Just Turned Street View Into a Video Game
Here’s the coolest thing Google shipped at I/O, what they didn't, and why a Korean research paper shows where they might go next.
How well do you know Baldur's Gate 3's third act? See what you remember about the RPG's big finale with a quiz built for real Elder Brains
You feel compelled by an unseen force to accept this challenge.
Why does off-model SFT degrade capabilities?
Off-model SFT (SFT on outputs generated by a different model) might be an important method for controlling AI behavior. For instance, it seems like a central technique for overcoming exploration...
Man sues Nintendo for $341,000 because he can't be a Pokemon Professor
A 34-year-old Iowa resident is seeking damages after his Pokémon Professor application was revoked by The Pokémon Company.
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