Read the full transcript of the speech "Inventing on Principle" by Bret Victor.
Bret Victor's Talk on How to Invent on Principle
Bret Victor is an interface designer, computer scientist, and electrical engineer known for his talks on the future of technology. This keynote was originally delivered by Bret Victor at CUSEC 2012.
AI History in Quotes
Each of these presents the clearest, earliest, or most-cited statement of a specific idea in AI.
The Crooked Timber of AI
The philosophical perils of conflating discoveries and inventions, and how to overcome them
Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy
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“…everyone but an idiot knows that the lower classes must be kept poor, or they will never be industrious.” —Arthur Young; 1771
What is First Principles Thinking?
First Principles thinking breaks down true understanding into building blocks we can reassemble into something that simplifies our problem.
What is First Principles Thinking?
First Principles thinking breaks down true understanding into building blocks we can reassemble into something that simplifies our problem.
Quote Origin: The Optimist Invents the Airplane and the Pessimist the Parachute – Quote Investigator®
George Bernard Shaw? Gladys Bronwyn Stern? W. H. H. MacKellar? Gil Stern? Mack McGinnis?
Let’s invent new interfaces, not new products
Posted on Thursday 25 Feb 2021. 507 words, 2 links. By Matt Webb.
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 è qui – grazie Nebbia! En […]
Alex Imas on Twitter / X
New essay for the @GoogleDeepMind Institute with James Manyika on AI x Science, "Bending the Curve of Discovery".While accelerating existing scientific practices is certainly useful, the real promise of AI is its potential to act as an invention of a method of invention (IMI) a… pic.twitter.com/XMw80ToQcf— Alex Imas (@alexolegimas) October 8, 2026
Konrad Hinsen's blog
A much cited essay by Bret Victor, "Explorable Explanations", argues for supporting and encouraging active reading in communicating ideas. Explanatory text should thus be complemented by interactive visualizations and computational demonstrations, allowing the reader to actively engage with the ideas. If you haven't read Victor's essay yet, please do so now, and then come back here. It's not very long. What I am going to discuss is a variation on Victor's proposal, and I won't repeat his well-presented arguments.
Terence Tao – Kepler, Newton, and the true nature of mathematical discovery
“And what those stories teach us about how AI will revolutionize math”
I went ahead and created a pol.is conversation about this, pls contribute! pol.is/7bdiwbvh2d You can contribute by voting on statements and/or adding your own statements. First time using it, hope it helps surface useful insight!
Wesley Finck
It would be awesome to use a collective deliberation tool like polis for making sense of atproto ecosystem-wide discussions like sign in branding / terminology. Bsky threads are not the appropriate format. plus many more voice can contribute meaningfully.
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