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AI agents are evolving with orchestration layers enabling modular, autonomous systems beyond traditional SaaS, reshaping workflows, labor, and software design.
David Wolpert warns AI networks may evolve beyond human math, creating unpredictable, emergent intelligence that defies control and comprehension.
Our meta-research across disciplines: behavioral economics, cognitive science, complexity science, computer science, decision science, design, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology. Science is changing because boundaries between disciplines are dissolving. Our research dissects the latest books and papers. Highly curated, an antidote to information overload.
New research reveals that large language models can generate superior prompts for themselves through automated techniques, reducing reliance on specialized fine-tuning.
New research probes the inner workings of these models, revealing the emergence of structured knowledge about fundamental concepts like space and time.
A new paper argues for analyzing AI systems like GPT through a "teleological" lens focused on the specific problem they were optimized to solve during training. 7 min read
New research from the Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models shows that foundation models are largely mysterious.
A research review of A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think by Caleb Everett.
A research review of The Coming Wave: Technology, Power and the 21st Century’s Greatest Dilemma. by Mustafa Suleyman with Michael Bhaskar.
A research review of The Master and His Emissary:The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Ian McGilchrist.
A research review of The Social Brain by Tracey Camilleri, Samantha Rockey & Robin Dunbar.
A research review of The Alignment Problem by Brian Christian.
A research review of Joined-Up Thinking by Hannah Critchlow.
A research review of Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson.
A research review of The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality by Andy Clark.
The Artificiality Weekend Briefing: About AI, Not Written by AI
