A shelf of things I found worth keeping around. The summaries are intentionally short; the note is the part that says why it stuck.
An allegory on the modern debate over Artificial Intelligence, questioning if it's a true emerging intelligence or merely a sophisticated mimic, starring God, Iblis, and Dwarkesh Patel
why this stayed
A good reminder that sometimes simpler is better, and scale is the key
An influential essay arguing that AI progress is driven by scaling computation through search and learning rather than building human knowledge into systems.
The story behind GPT-5.5’s bizarre “never talk about goblins” system prompt and the reward signal rabbit hole that explains how it got there.
Compares difference in capability between LRM's and LLM's in various tasks, and asks a critical question: Are these models capable of generalizable reasoning, or are they leveraging different forms of pattern matching?
Reflects on overcoming his hotheadedness tendencies by learning to pause and think for five minutes before dismissing ideas, inspired by Richard Saul Wurman's advice, emphasizing the fragility and potential of new ideas