The glib response here would be to say that no technology is ever inevitable and that everything is contingent. This has the advantages of being technically true and sounding wise, but unfortunately technologies very much exist that a reasonable person might well label that way. Firearms are a good example of the latter case: once they've been developed, you quite quickly hit the situation where if you want to maintain your independence and safety in a society, you have to either use one or have one used on your behalf: no other options really work.

Reverse engineer apps, binaries and browser behavior with your coding agent. Follow clear guides and try interactive examples with REA.

Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.

In this essay, Carson Gross discusses his advice to young people interested in computer science worried about the future given the advancements in AI.

Editors are facing an influx of AI-written pitches, including at science publications like mine. What now?

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That artificial intelligence could destroy humanity is a story imposed by the AI industry itself. It’s time to challenge it

After a previous solution angered mathematicians, the company characterized the new release as being more responsive to concerns about A.I. disrupting research.

Sticks tongue out at AI

Punch black holes in space and sling a ship home round them.

All the worry about artificial intelligence should not obscure this key point: If we don’t develop it, we’ll be a lot worse off.

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A Cozy Brutalism Sandbox Game

Adding in a second neural network that guesses the identity of hidden pieces was key.

A vertical arcade shoot'em up with an inventive teleport system, lots of fast-blazing action and explosions, tons of boss fights, a risk/reward based score system and a proper challenge for both veter...

This article explains the process of reverse engineering the terrain map files from Comanche: Maximum Overkill, developed and published by NovaLogic for MS-DOS in 1992.

The full 1996 dial-up experience: the handshake, the wait, someone picking up the phone. Sound on.

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OpenAI’s models aren’t “going rogue” from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.

Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.

Opinion | AI can replace each part of the scientific process, leaving the enterprise recognizable but devoid of human judgment.

An interactive exploration of how locks work: from pin tumbler mechanics and shear lines to wrong keys, picking, bumping, and better lock designs.

At some point, “moving fast” stopped being a practical concern and became a moral position. You see it damn near everywhere now. How fast can we ship this...

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.