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AI Era
Big-picture takes on how AI is reshaping work, tools, and industries. Written for the curious non-technical reader and the seasoned professional alike.
5
pieces
49m
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May 2026
last updated
5 pieces
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The Triple Engine Collapse: Why YC's 16 Startup Prompts Are a Map of What AI Just Made Buildable
Workday cut 8.5%. Atlassian laid off 1,600. Klarna said AI could replace 700 agents. The layoff headlines are real — but they're reading the wrong signal. The three engines that protected legacy SaaS for thirty years just broke. YC mapped what comes next.
May 6 14 min
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Habsburg AI: What Happens When Models Train on Models
The internet is running out of human-written data. Every frontier lab's answer is the same: train models on data the models generate. It's the most consequential bet in AI — and the conditions that made it work on a Go board are, at best, partial for language.
Apr 30 12 min
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Andrej Karpathy: Software 3.0, Vibe Coding, and the Future of Engineering
Legendary AI researcher Andrej Karpathy dives deep into the paradigm shift from traditional programming to 'Software 3.0,' where LLMs act as the primary interpreter. Learn the difference between 'vibe coding' and 'agentic engineering.'
Apr 28 7 min
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The Cognitive Ledger: The Convergence of AI and the Spreadsheet in the 2026 Financial Workflow
The spreadsheet isn't dead. It's been radically re-engineered. A survival guide for the Excel Generation.
Apr 19 10 min
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The 100x Researcher: How an AI Agent Replicated a Stanford Study for $10
What happens to research when the cost of execution drops to zero? A Stanford professor had an AI agent replicate his own months-long study. The result wasn't just faster—it changed the entire architecture of how we verify truth.
Apr 17 6 min
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