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Vibe Coding with AI Tutorial
Andrej Karpathy popularized the term "vibe coding" and here I demonstrate how this I do this with AI augmented coding.
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Game Theory Optimal Strategy for AI Safety and Dominance: Acceleration and Transparency
Let's use first principles reasoning and a few axioms to calculate the optimal strategy for US government and corporate policy.
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Fast Takeoff is Here
I've been collecting data from around the internet to show all the exponential trends.
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On Becoming Nobody in the Age of AI
Learning to let go of the skills and abilities that made me special. And focusing on what AI cannot take away from any of us.
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The River and the Garden
Some thoughts on how to approach life as we approach the Singularity
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AI Safety Cannot be Solved at the Model Level - Anthropic's Latest Fiasco - The Wrong Approach
Anthropic has solved universal jailbreaks! So what? The models will still tell you everything you need to know about chemical weapons...
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How does OpenAI just keep winning? Here's their secret behind Deep Research...
The "one weird trick" they use to keep winning is "cognitive offloading"
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The Acceleration Is Still Accelerating: Why Every AI Prediction Was Too Conservative (even mine)
The curve is still getting steeper
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January 2025

Why Every Phone Will Have AGI by 2026 - DeepSeek R1 Proves It's Coming!
I've seen this coming for 2 years, let me explain everything that's happening and going to happen
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Life Unstuck: How to Unfork Your Life in Five (not-so-easy) Steps!
I learned everything the hard way. Let me teach you everything I know about getting your life in order.
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OpenAI Announces STARGATE and OPERATOR!
Welcome to the United States of Acceleration! America just won geopolitics for the next 50 years
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Psychedelics 101: An Introductory Guide for First-Time Seekers
This is a no bullshit overview to getting the most out of plant medicines (psychedelics, entheogens)
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