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The World Beyond Search: Google’s New Patent.
A brief reflection on how search is evolving.
I’ve been relying more on AI than traditional search lately. With tools like Google’s AI mode, answers a…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
AI Is Defined Less by Intelligence, More by the Data It Learns From.
In this episode, I reflect on how AI often struggles in real-world situations not because it lacks intelligence, but because it lacks the right data.…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
“Replacing the Motor Isn’t Enough”
In this episode, I reflect on a historical example from early industrialization, where factories replaced steam engines with electric motors but saw …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The World Where Average Becomes Free.
In this episode, I reflect on an idea about AI and creativity: that what matters is not whether AI was used, but whether something could have been cr…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The “God Squad”: an Exception Mechanism
In this episode, I talk about a concept I recently came across called the “God Squad,” a committee in U.S. environmental law that can grant exception…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What AI Unlocks: The Things We Once Gave Up on Because of Cost
In this episode, I reflect on an idea I came across in a newsletter by Satoshi Nakajima. As AI and automation continue to reduce costs, the real shif…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Cyborg Cockroaches: When Reality Starts to Outrun Science Fiction
In this episode, I talk about a recent development involving “cyborg cockroaches” being equipped with small devices such as cameras and sensors, and …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Dome Observatory and the Nature of Motivation
In this episode, I talk about a recent visit to Dohdaira Observatory in Chichibu. I went hoping to see the stars, but the sky was completely cloudy a…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
If You Stop the Gift, You “Die”
A short reflection inspired by Marcel Mauss’s classic book The Gift. Mauss wrote that when the benefits of a gift are kept only for oneself, somethin…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Wake up to the truth, or return to the old world.
In this episode, we talk about the internet slang “Claudepilled.” The term comes from the idea of the “red pill” in The Matrix and describes a moment…
3 months, 4 weeks ago