·16 min read
In the Foothills of the Singularity
Sebastian Mallaby's biography of Demis Hassabis and DeepMind: a book of the year contender, and the clearest window yet into how the people building AGI think about it.
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How Many R's in Strawberry? Training Echo, My Own LLM
I trained Echo, a 1.38B-parameter GPT, from scratch on 8 H100s using nanochat and Claude Code. She beats 2019's GPT-2 on CORE for $69, after $104 of failures.
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·6 min read
Learning and Working in the Age of AI: The Best Tools, the Worst Temptations
AI tools for learning have never been better, but the temptation to skip the learning has never been stronger. On gyms, construction sites, and what the evidence says about working your mind.
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·6 min read
Fun & Games (and Iterations)
Having fun making games with my son - and the importance of iteration & Validation
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