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- Indexed issues, all indexed history
- 33
- Latest publication
- Oct 20, 2026
- Audience
- 163K subscribers
- Earliest indexed
- Jan 9, 2026
Latest issues
Pete Florence: When Robots Improvise (opens the original)
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“Before fire existed, it’s hard to imagine all the implications of fire. I think the same thing will very much be true with the level of robotics that will be possible. It’s just hard to even think of all the possibilities.” – Pete Florence, Co-Founder & CEO of Generalist Pete Florence and I began by agreeing that his company has an excellent name. Generalist builds AI for robots, includ…
Jaan Tallinn would like us to survive (opens the original)
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“We’re pulling a trigger on Russian roulette with a planet. And every shot that doesn’t kill us will make us stronger, potentially, and wealthier and better off. But when do you stop pulling the trigger?” – Jaan Tallinn Jaan Tallinn is a founding engineer of Skype and Kazaa, and a co-founder of the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and <a href="https://futureof…
Periodic Labs: A chatbot walks into a laboratory (opens the original)
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“Most AI has been trained on the final artifacts of science, like the final paper, the final recount in a textbook. That isn’t often how the scientific process unfolded – it’s sort of a retelling of the story.” –Liam Fedus, Co-Founder of Periodic Labs Liam Fedus and Dogus Cubuk are…
Saplings: The World Outside (opens the original)
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An Ex-SpaceX Engineer on Elon Musk, Starship, and Building a $1B-Valued Startup (Scott Morton, Founder & CEO of Revel) (opens the original)
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"No ego is extremely important to make the best decisions possible. That is another thing I saw in Elon – he would be extremely passionate, but then presented with new information, he'd be like, well, okay, that was a quick switch." – Scott Morton, Founder and CEO, Revel Listen or watch now on YouTube, Spotify, or <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a…
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