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  • A watercolor boa constrictor that has swallowed an elephant, labeled O(1) on the outside and O(n) once the elephant is visible inside. Eating the Quadratic Elephant

    May 29, 2026 · 12 min read

    Two papers shaped modern AI: the transformer and the scaling laws. Both came with a quadratic bill. State-space models and linear attention are the bet against it.

  • Abstract illustration of a hive mind with a hexagonal lattice and flowing network lines. Towards the Artificial Hive Mind

    March 22, 2026 · 2 min read

    Language, specialization, and collective knowledge as the bridge from the human hive mind to an artificial one.