As Clay Awakens

July 2025

Context Is More Than A Length-Measuring Contest

It's not about the size of the context, it's about how well your model can use it.

Jul 14, 2025 • Jacob Buckman

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Manifest AI

A dream, a team, an open-source GPU kernel

Jul 8, 2025 • Jacob Buckman

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September 2023

Delegating To Computers

Three strategies for describing what you want

Sep 17, 2023 • Jacob Buckman

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May 2023

Where Bayes Falls Short

Bayes' theorem is a useful tool in some domains, but leaves something to be desired when it comes to updating one's beliefs.

May 30, 2023 • Jacob Buckman

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I'm Not Worried About An AI Apocalypse

Yet another opinion piece on the potential for risks to humanity

May 22, 2023 • Jacob Buckman

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April 2023

We Aren't Close To Creating A Rapidly Self-Improving AI

The current paradigm will not lead to an overnight superintelligence explosion.

Apr 26, 2023 • Jacob Buckman

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March 2023

Deep Learning Is Better Than Linear Regression

A hype-free introduction for the curmudgeonly data scientist

Mar 19, 2023 • Jacob Buckman

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February 2023

Pageslaughter

A new crime enabled by AI progress

Feb 2, 2023 • Jacob Buckman

Moving To Substack

I’m moving my blog to Substack, mostly for the email distribution list.

Feb 1, 2023 • Jacob Buckman

January 2023

Thoughts On Rationality

I recently came across this post, which challenges readers to propose a definition for rationality.

Jan 2, 2023 • Jacob Buckman

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November 2022