culture
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AI’s advanced models are bad business
The general atmosphere around AI has become much more alarmist over the past couple of months. With news of rogue AI agents escaping into the wild to wreak havoc or Anthropic claiming…
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The Soul of a Stadium is in its Name and the English are Preserving it
The sports stadium is a part of the fabric of a city. Any municipality worth its salt has a sporting complex but a stadium or an arena that supports top-flight athletics is…
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The Periodic History Reader, Volume 1
A selection of histories read in the period covering January to April of 2020. In God’s Path by Robert G. Hoyland [Oxford University Press, 2015] The Arab Conquests and the Creation of…
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The Periodic Fiction Reader, Vol 1
A selection of fictional works read in the period from January-ish through April 2020. Hyperion by Dan Simmons [4/5, for now] Hyperion, winner of the Hugo award in 1990, is considered one…
