Notes
AI systems, robotics, work, and the choices hidden behind a clean demo.
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Reward went up and I felt worse
A Cassie training run reached a new high at 3:14 a.m. The number looked good; the gait did not. That gap is the whole problem.
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The hourglass economy
AI may favor two kinds of organization: very large companies that own the infrastructure, and very small firms that can now operate with far less overhead.
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The plumber was right
A plumber fixed my sink in forty minutes while I spent two days on an allocator bug. The contrast changed how I think about useful work.
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