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Physicist, Immigrant, Pilot, Dad. Former Caltech, Hyperloop, NASA JPL. Once considered pretty smart for an organic. Founder @terraformindies. Hiring!
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One writer argues graduate school poorly prepares scientists for nonacademic careers and describes mixed AI experiences among academic friends.
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A user calls that prospect ‘whitepilling,’ framing the predicted association as encouraging.
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A user says Claude works better when you prompt it in what they call 'Claudese.'
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A post quotes former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon alleging China already has spies at both companies.
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A post argues that human tasks are now too easy to use as AI benchmarks in many domains.
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A user calls something “the future of coding agents” but does not identify what they mean.
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The builder says a cheap first pass targets the 1% of papers they believe carry 99% of the signal.
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A post argues personal agents could help shoppers research purchases, increasing the payoff for companies that improve their products.
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A user shared the statement; another criticized people they said were attacking it while defending OpenAI.
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Elon Musk said Grok Bot will use “the best back end model for any given task,” naming Claude Opus 5.5, MidJourney, Suno and other APIs in a future-facing plan rather than a confirmed live rollout.
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OpenAI says it drew on an independent mathematics advisory group’s advice about how to release the results.
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A TerraformIndies team member says talking to AIs has made the team far better at clear, concise communication.
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Josh Albrecht compares fixed LLMs to books; critics say the analogy overlooks implementation and scientific uncertainty.
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A user says they gave Claude more time on ‘Macrohard: Windows XP’ and calls this one their best yet.
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In a reply, a user raises Amazon as a possibility, conditional on how Bedrock revenue is accounted for.
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A user says Comma 3 was great to use in Hawaiʻi, even with limited support for their car. Comma.ai advertises hands-free driving for cars people already own.
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One reply puts it this way: “Looks different from the inside looking out.”
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A commenter imagines asking Claude to combine elements of their favorite games, run the result locally and immediately apply changes requested through on-screen chat.
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A post quips that image generation belongs in the “transformer hole.”
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An ICLR submitter cites the conference’s blog tally of 19,525 submissions at the start of the previous cycle. A reply raises concerns that faster AI-assisted research encourages quantity over depth.