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Introduction for and Reactions to Plan A

Posted on July 11, 2026 by TheZvi

Introducing Plan A The folks who brought you AI 2027, a so far remarkably accurate set of predictions despite those predictions having seemed freaky to many at the time, now bring you their positive vision that involves more freaky predictions: … Continue reading →

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AI #176 Part 1: Doing It Live

Posted on July 9, 2026 by TheZvi

Enough things added up that this week is getting split into two parts. Then on Monday, if all goes as I expect, we’ll cover OpenAI’s Sol, aka GPT-5.6. OpenAI also gave us an upgraded voice mode, which I haven’t tried … Continue reading →

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Claude Sonnet 5 Is Not Frontier But Has Its Uses

Posted on July 1, 2026 by TheZvi

Fable 5 is back today, baby! Premium subscribers have one week to use it within their subscriptions. First hit’s free. Then you pay by the token. Today’s post is still about Sonnet 5. I don’t know that there will be … Continue reading →

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AI #174: You’re It

Posted on June 25, 2026 by TheZvi

Fable remains in limbo, with renewed hope that we will get it back soon (45% by tomorrow, 69% by July 1, nice.) The full capabilities post is now available. Alex Bores unfortunately lost narrowly in NY-12, and will not be … Continue reading →

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Monthly Roundup #43: June 2026

Posted on June 23, 2026 by TheZvi

Your monthly hit of all the things that are fit to print without a better place to live. Today is election day here in New York City, so again a reminder that if you are a registered Democrat and live … Continue reading →

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AI #170: Lack of Executive Order

Posted on May 28, 2026 by TheZvi

Last week ended on a cliffhanger of sorts. What’s in the Executive Order coming later today? What will be in the Magnifica Humanitas? The Executive Order was postponed indefinitely, likely cancelled entirely except for work on securing critical infrastructure. David … Continue reading →

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Childhood And Education #19: Letting Kids Be Kids #2

Posted on May 19, 2026 by TheZvi

I cannot emphasize enough the need to let kids be kids. In Childhood and Education #16: Letting Kids be Kids, I went over exactly how insane we have gotten about destroying the lives of children and along with them the … Continue reading →

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Monthly Roundup #42: May 2026

Posted on May 15, 2026 by TheZvi

At least we probably won’t have another pandemic. And we still have a partial Jones Act waiver. For now. Small victories. Table of Contents Hanta Hanta I Don’t Wanta. Bad News. Predictions Can Be Easy Even About The Future. Good … Continue reading →

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Childhood and Education #18: Do The Math

Posted on May 12, 2026 by TheZvi

We did reading yesterday. Now we do the math. Math is hard. It does not have to be this hard. A large part of the reason math is hard, or boring, is that education studies, especially in math, are worse … Continue reading →

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Monthly Roundup #41: April 2025

Posted on April 24, 2026 by TheZvi

AI continue to accelerate and dominate the schedule, which is why this is a bit late, but we do occasionally need to pay our respects to the Goddess of Everything Else. There’s cool or interesting things everywhere. Also maddenning things. … Continue reading →

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