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The Learning Currents 49

By Justin G. on 25APR01TUE

It sure sounds like the computers are coming.

1. Articles & Newsletters
   • The humanoid robots are coming. And they’ll need clothes?
   • Simon Willison points to the Anthropic blog post about how the language models think. That is backed up by a pair of much more in-depth research papers. They seem significant.
2. Podcasts
   • The Panic World podcast on who killed #MeToo is honestly great, and does an excellent job of summing up why you really can’t believe much of anything on the internet about anyone or anything that is also a brand.
   • This week’s Web Curios section Long things that are Long is a wonderful snapshot, from Article World, of this moment.
3. Facts & Ideas
   • Bone tools are much, much older than previously thought. One point five million years old. Via Kottke.

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