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AI Progress Update – Plateauing or Summoning God?
Sorting through conflicting evidence and current breakthroughs
Aug 9 • 
Jacob Miller
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July 2025

The Man Who (Potentially) Cost Meta a Trillion Dollars
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Jul 21 • 
Jacob Miller
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When an AI Cheater Applies to the AI Team
Where is the line on using AI during interviews?
Jul 18 • 
Jeremy Mumford
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Checking-in on AI Shopping
It's Prime day...
Jul 11 • 
Jacob Miller
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The Gingerbread Man is Our Final Defense
Speed is everything in the AI era
Jul 7 • 
Jacob Miller
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“They’re Not Confessing, They’re Bragging”
AI skepticism as self-owning performance art
Jul 1 • 
Jacob Miller
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May 2025

A "Useful" Definition for AI Agents
Defining AI agents has been all the rage these last eight months.
May 28 • 
Jacob Miller
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The Wild West: AI Conferences in 2025
Lessons Learned While Traveling
May 18 • 
Jeremy Mumford
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April 2025

The Death of My Rubber Ducks
And How AI Affects New Programmers
Apr 9 • 
Jeremy Mumford
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March 2025

This Week has Been a Crazy Decade
GPT-4o stands for Ghibli Photo Transformer and more updates in the world of AI
Mar 29 • 
Jeremy Mumford
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Why AI Music is Here to Stay (Album Release!)
On November 30, 2022 the world experienced a collective freakout moment when OpenAI released ChatGPT.
Mar 27 • 
Jacob Miller
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Why Tom from MySpace Triumphs Over AI Bots
I have the results of the most important poll I’ve conducted.
Mar 25 • 
Jacob Miller
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