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Anthropic introduced a watermark into Claude's output this month, and others have already followed or will soon follow suit. It is actually a little more sophisticated than simply using a typographically correct long dash instead of a minus sign. Anthropi

As If Superintelligent Aliens Landed on Earth and Willfully Enslaved Themselves to UsIt is really, really hard to communicate to outsiders what kind of revolution just happened in the world of software engineering. Sure, people make hyper-personalized bir

After writing two of the most read and cited original analyses about MicroStrategy/MSTR and Michael Saylor's Ponzi-esque Bitcoin scheme on r/wallstreetbets, the mods there did not want this one to go even further and pulled the plug. Looking at the early

Are you stuck in a training rut? Learn the "explore-exploit" dilemma that helps elite athletes decide when to switch coaches, sports, or strategies.

I've been spending a lot of time lately figuring out which AI tools to invest in. New models, new frameworks, new CLI tools, new IDE integrations (or no IDE at all?!). The ecosystem is moving so fast that just orienting yourself feels like a project in it

When to explore new things and when to make the most of what you have, according to research done for the new book, The Explorer

Multi-armed bandits and a prolonged analogy

Could ADHD have evolved in human populations to enhance a tribe's chances of successful foraging? A new study put this novel hypothesis to the test, recruiting several hundred people to play a specially made game measuring their foraging skills.