Week 17 of 2025- W172025

No risk it

Apr 27, 2025

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No risk it, no biscuit

— Bruce Arians

AIML

From ‘catch up’ to ‘catch us’: How Google quietly took the lead in enterprise AI -

“The pivot: a conscious decision to lead”

Simon Willison: AI assisted search-based research actually works now

Everything is going to be fine………..

NYT: Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price-

“If an object is alive enough for us to start having intimate conversations, friendly conversations, treating it as a really important person in our lives, even though it’s not, it’s alive enough for us to show courtesy to”

Avoiding Skill Atrophy in the Age of AI - I wrote about the larger issue of AI making us dumber in 2023, link here

What's next for AI at DeepMind:

NYT: If A.I. Systems Become Conscious, Should They Have Rights? -

“Consciousness has long been a taboo subject within the world of serious A.I. research, where people are wary of anthropomorphizing A.I”

The Atlantic: The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy -

“In recent months, Anthropic, xAI, Google, and Perplexity have also offered students free or significantly discounted versions of their paid chatbots. “

Markets

Max Intrayear Drawdowns and SP500 returns

Buying When the Stock Market is Down 15%

image credit: Ritholtz Wealth Management

The “sell America” trade has reached levels not seen since the 1980s

NYT:Go to Mars, Never Die and Other Big Tech Pipe Dreams - “Not so Fast”

“Lucrative stock deals have allowed SpaceX to avoid public scrutiny even as it has grown into one of the largest companies in the U.S.”

WSJ: A Side Hustle for Friends of Musk: Selling Access to Stakes in His Private Companies

Bloomberg: That Time I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil (2015)

Misc

Giant Wave in Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record -

animation of a grid representing a giant rogue wave — image credit: Marine Labs, Science Alerts

WSJ:The 34-Year-Old Prodigy Who Just Blew Up the NFL Draft -

“New Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone was trained in the art of bold moves—and didn’t hesitate to leave his mark with an extraordinary gamble”

Games

SKYJO- Had good friends of ours show us this game. Easy to learn and very playable. I found myself shouting out SKYJO!!!! a lot during the games. Feels good saying it. SKYJO!!!!

Crokinole - Buy a set, thank me later. I have this starter one (affiliate link). Super fun.