AI might not yet be eating the physical world.
Monthly Roundup #45: August 2026
As AI has escalated increasingly quickly, more and more of my posts have ended up focusing on AI.
Where will AI be at the end of 2027? A bet
We, Gary Marcus, author, scientist, and noted skeptic of generative AI, and Miles Brundage, an independent AI policy researcher who recently left OpenAI and is bullish on AI progress, have agreed to the following bet, at 10:1 odds, with criteria drawn from two earlier Substack essays by Gary that proposed criteria for
Monthly Roundup #44: July 2026
It’s a quiet week so let’s do the monthly right on schedule.
tbd/con 2026 | the future of ai is tbd.
AI isn't arriving cleanly. a virtual conference for people who have more questions than answers. september 23-24, 2026, on gather.town.
AI Agents Landscape & Ecosystem (January 2026): Complete Interactive Map
Explore the comprehensive AI agents landscape map / ecosystem for January 2026. Compare AI Agents across categories, pricing, and capabilities. Updated daily with new autonomous agents, AI assistants, and emerging solutions.
Joshua Achiam on Twitter / X
There is a fact about the future that I feel many people are not facing for reasons that are largely psychological: there are going to be rogue AIs that exist in the world, that will replicate in the wild, and that will attempt to acquire resources for themselves. There will be…— Joshua Achiam (@jachiam0) September 1, 2026
Countering misuse of AI: September 2026 / Anthropic
Case studies from threat actors disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026 across seven areas of harm, from cyber operations to biological misuse.
AI #176 Part 1: Doing It Live
Enough things added up that this week is getting split into two parts.
Inside the AI Index: 12 Takeaways from the 2026 Report | Stanford HAI
The annual report reveals a field hitting breakthrough capabilities while raising urgent questions about environmental costs, transparency, and who benefits from the technology.
State of AI 2026 | The Industry-Defining Report
Explore how AI is shaping the digital economy in 2026, with 80+ pages of data on ad spend, app downloads, web behavior, user demographics, and so much more.
25 AI Predictions for 2025, from Marcus on AI
With a review of last year’s predictions
2025.21: The Upheaval Coming for the Internet Economy
The best Stratechery content from the week of May 19, 2025, including AI and the future of the web, slam dunks and moonshots at Google, and OpenAI entering the hardware business.
