Archive - Understanding AI

March 2025

After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers

Human drivers keep crashing into Waymos that aren't even moving.

Mar 26 •

Amazon's self-driving unit just hit a major setback

Zoox's custom robotaxi lacks mandatory features like brake pedals and mirrors.

Mar 17 •

Nobody knows what to do about AGI

Lots of people want policymakers to take AGI seriously. But what does that mean?

Mar 14 •

It's time to take AI job loss seriously

Big change is coming and policy needs to adjust.

Mar 12 •

Matthew Yglesias

OpenAI just released GPT-5—it just didn’t call it that

OpenAI's GPT-4.5 demonstrates the power and limits of pretrained models.

Mar 7 •

February 2025

My brother explains what it's like to run an AI startup

The Shortwave email app uses six different models for a range of tasks.

Feb 27 •

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Driverless trucks are coming and unions aren’t happy about it

Will Trump side with driverless trucking startups or the labor movement?

Feb 26 •

These experts were stunned by OpenAI Deep Research

"I would use this model professionally," an antitrust lawyer told me.

Feb 24 •

We're Finding Out What Humans are Bad At

AI Advances Fastest When We Find Unnatural Ways of Doing Things

Published on Am I Stronger Yet? • Feb 19

The EU AI Act is Coming to America

The AI regulation onslaught

Published on Hyperdimensional • Feb 13

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