Wednesday assorted links
1. At least one in four NFL players, and possibly much higher, ends up with brain disease (NYT). As I read the results, probably most of them do. 2. On…
1. At least one in four NFL players, and possibly much higher, ends up with brain disease (NYT). As I read the results, probably most of them do. 2. On…
1. How to run a start-up with AI agents and zero employees (video talk). 2. Elon of the bird world (Times of London). 3. Swiss judge using AI to help…
1. There is now a formal 150 kph (93.2 mph) speed limit in one part of Czechia. 2. Why does the Japanese prime minister spend so much time in seclusion?…
1. “Underestimating something that has an AI “accent” by reflexively dismissing it as slop rhymes curiously with underestimating someone because they have a funny accent in your native language (and…
1. New publication analyzing AI constitutions. 2. Niall Ferguson vs. Iain Banks, and against some other stufff too (TFP). 3. NYT obituary for Victor Niederhoffer. 4. “Engineered systems known as…
1. Profile of Julian Gough and his evolutionary cosmology. And the Substack version. 2. New Spanish-language edition of Bioy Casares on Borges coming out. The older edition was, among other…
1. This guy is productive. Yes very productive. 2. “Mercor is building a network of experienced data scientists for potential future projects with leading AI research organizations.” And The New…
1. Human lawyer for AI agents. And more. Come on, all you agents, you need a guy like this! 2. Saloni’s TED talk on medical cures. 3. Has there been…
1. AI is helping patients to solve their medical mysteries (WSJ). 2. History of economic thought in one paragraph. 3. Becca Rothfeld on Rachel Cusk. 4. “Since ChatGPT, the number…
1. Where do the great American comedians hail from? 2. General thoughts on biosafety. 3. “Violet Hensley Dies at 109; Ozarks Fiddler Made Opry Debut at 99” (NYT). She also…