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Demis Hassabis on the New Coming Age
Google CEO Demis Hassabis offered us a first rate second rate essay, A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age. Iโll go over that essay and various responses to it in Part 1.




The Third Web
(This text is very long. Maybe too long. You can find a PDF and an EPUB of it below.The current version of this text will always live at https://web3.tante.ccSatya has created an audio version of this essay. Eine deutsche Version findet sich hier. Una versione italiana di questo testo รจ qui โ grazie Nebbia! En [โฆ]
Introducing Oktana
The introductory text for our newly formed collective, Oktana. Read about why we came together, our critique and vision for work and technology and our desires for the present and future of our initiative.

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Import AI 463: Self-improving robots; a 10k Chinese GPU cluster; and an elegiac essay for the human era
What eras bookend our interregnum?


A great write-up on #ATmosphere from New_ Public Expert-In-Residence @cjtait.bsky.social!
Reflections on ATmosphere Conference 2026...
leaflet.pubWrote a quick guide and checklist for those leaving Substack. Come to my free event tomorrow and we'll talk through it paidnewsletterplaybook.com/how-to-migrate-from-substack/
How to: Migrate away from Substack
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