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The Self as Performance
Who are you when no one’s watching? And does that person even exist? In an age of constant visibility and digital exhibitionism, the “self is no longer a stable truth. It’s a curated, reactive,…
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The Race for AGI: Meta’s Talent War and the Global Scramble for Machine Minds
The New Gold Rush of Intelligence In May 2024, Meta made headlines by offering $100 million+ compensation packages to top AI researchers. Many of them former or current OpenAI engineers. This wasn’t just a…
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Celebrity Cult Worship
In the digital era, the term “celebrity cult” has taken on an intensified, more complex meaning. No longer confined to tabloid pages or fan mail, celebrity worship has evolved into a full-blown digital phenonmenon…
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China’s new optical-computing chip processes 100 wavelengths in parallel—showcasing the future of light-based AI hardware
Chinese scientists at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) have developed Meteor-1, the first ultra-parallel optical computing chip harnessing over 100 wavelengths of light to execute up to 2560 TOPS at…
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Can Machines Think — Or Just Obey? Mira Murati’s $10B Bet on Conscious AI
Mira Murati is back—this time building Thinking Machines, a company poised to reshape the future of AI. From raising millions to assembling a dream team, here’s why the world is betting on her again—and…
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In the mood for love (2000)
In the mood for love is probably one of the most iconic movies of all time and I’ve been meaning to watch it for a while. It was everything that I expected and more.…
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Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami “It was still pitch black when I woke up. I couldn’t see my finger when I waved it in front of my face. The darkness blotted out the line between sleep and…
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How I fell in love with books
Why is it that humans like to read? Just stare at little symbols on a piece of paper and enter a parallel world. A decade or two ago, this question might have had a…
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