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Working notes on the role of vision papers in basic science

Many of the papers I most admire are vision papers1. Rather than abstractly define what a vision paper is, here's a list of a few examples of such papers, to convey the gist:

Introducing OUI-1: world's first model for Generative UI

A DiffusionGemma finetune at 71.7% on the Generative UI Benchmark, 5.5x its base.

Outcomes Graph: A protocol for applied science coordination - DeepScience Ventures

In this article, we explain how our Outcomes Graph works, including how the functions of scientific knowledge shape the features we've developed and how we're using it to harness the collective intelligence of venture scientists.

AI Detector - AI Checker for text, image, music & video

AI or Not is the leading AI detector for all content types: text (ChatGPT, Claude), image (Midjourney, 4o), music (Suno, Udio) & video (Veo, Kling)

Funnel: Quick Capture

Vision Weekend

The Vision Weekend conferences are our flagship events, where leading scientists, entrepreneurs, funders, and policymakers come together to explore frontier science and technology, and plan for flourishing futures.

Paperclip

Paperclip — search, read, and analyze 11M+ biomedical papers, regulatory documents, clinical trials, and biological databases (UniProt, PDB, ChEMBL) from the command line.

Lightpanda | The headless browser

The AI-native web browser built from scratch for machines. Not a fork. Not a patch. Fast, scalable web automation with a minimal memory footprint. 10x faster, 10x less RAM, and 100x better than Chrome headless.

Project vs. Product, Startup vs. Business

A couple of weeks ago I dropped into a thread by Mosh Lee, about how ATproto has too many projects and too few businesses. Yes!

Is Meta's Muse assistant actually popular?

Read to the end for "I coulds get yooshed ta this" rat son or "cheesed to squeak you" mouse daughter

Assemblage — Draw Conclusions

Turn your Semble collections into an editable node graph. Connect ideas, map the argument, draw conclusions. Your data stays in your own PDS.

HappyProto: the backend for atproto apps

Build on atproto without the hard parts. HappyProto runs the backend: an API over 46 million atproto accounts, with sign-in, private data and scripting included.

We Need A New Kind Of Data Rights

Associational data rights would empower communities to reclaim power from Big Tech