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Headlong: A Microharness for Persistent Agents
Deep dive into Headlong's microharness design for persistent Agents, covering state management, failure recovery, execution loops, and key engineering practices for building long-running AI Agents.
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M.A.R.A: Training AI Tanks to Fight from Scratch Using Reinforcement Learning
Deep dive into how the M.A.R.A project trains AI tanks through reinforcement learning, from basic movement to 2v2 team coordination, exploring MARL, self-play, and adversarial game AI.
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Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" Prophecy Day: A Lonely Metaphor for AI Automation
August 4, 2026 is the setting date of Bradbury's 1950 story "There Will Come Soft Rains." Its depiction of an automated home running without humans resonates deeply with today's AI automation debates.
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AI Companies Buy Books, Scan Them, Then Destroy Them: Pulping of Rare Books Sparks Cultural Preservation Debate
Some AI companies are mass-purchasing physical books for destructive scanning and pulping to obtain training data, even targeting rare antiquarian volumes. This article analyzes the technical motivations, legal gray areas, and cultural preservation controversies.
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AI Companies Are Destroying Rare Books to Obtain Training Data
AI companies are using destructive scanning to shred physical books—including rare editions—for training data. This article examines the efficiency logic, cultural costs, and copyright gray areas.
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OpenAI Invites the U.S. Government to Take a 5% Stake: The Story Behind AI-Era State Capitalism
OpenAI reportedly offered the U.S. government a ~5% equity stake — a move that challenges free-market norms and reveals the deep tensions between national sovereignty and AI dominance.
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The Platner Scandal: Platform vs. Character in the American Left
Maine Senate candidate Platner faces sexual assault allegations, sparking a left-wing debate over platform vs. character — revealing deep fractures in the U.S. progressive movement.
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Signal President Warns: AI Chatbots Are Not Your Friends
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns users not to treat AI chatbots as friends. This article analyzes the dangers of AI anthropomorphization, privacy risks, and how to build healthy human-AI boundaries.
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