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Building the Hero Award: The Story Behind Taekyeom Lee’s 3D-Printed Model of the Internet Archive

Taekyeom Lee is an educator, designer, maker, and researcher. The associate professor of graphic design at Indiana University Bloomington is not only committed to teaching his students, Lee believes in […] The post Building the Hero Award: The Story Behind Taekyeom Lee’s 3D-Printed Model of the Internet Archive first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

Internet Archive Blog · EN

Internet Archive Honors Poynter and IRE for Preserving Local News Online

As newsrooms across the United States close, years of reporting are at risk of disappearing. Stories documenting local elections, holding public officials accountable, investigating community problems and recording everyday life […] The post Internet Archive Honors Poynter and IRE for Preserving Local News Online first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

Internet Archive Blog · EN

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Physical Archive

Visitors who came to the open house at the Physical Archive in Richmond, California, on October 20 were curious. They wanted to learn about the range of items collected, the […] The post A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Physical Archive first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

Internet Archive Blog · EN

Meet the Winners of the 2026 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

In 2017, Honey & Wax Booksellers established an annual prize for American women book collectors, aged 30 years and younger. Our goal, at the time, was to expand the popular perception of who book collectors are (and can be) by highlighting original collections built by young women, often without the knowledge or help of the … The post Meet the Winners of the 2026 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize appeared first on The Millions .

The Millions · EN

Introducing our new Dropbox API documentation

Learn about the newly launched version of the Dropbox API documentation and its modern design and features.

Dropbox Tech · EN

The Mathocalypse

More Updates (Oct. 12): Jeffrey Ketchersid has used Claude Code agents to show that BusyBeaver(10) exceeds Graham’s number, beating the previous best result that BB(13) does so. In response to my request, a couple days later Jeffrey also used Claude agents to show that the value of BB(335) is independent of ZFC, improving the best […]

Scott Aaronson Shtetl-Optimized · EN

Podcasts about the Topic

“The Topic” being, of course, the Mathocalypse, except sometimes with AI alignment and even quantum computing and complexity theory and other stuff thrown in. With Ryan Peterman: Notably, near the end of the above podcast, you can watch my live reaction to the news that an Anthropic model found algorithms for the 3SUM and the […]

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AI Alignment Theory Course: Readings and Rapporteur Reports!

As I announced on this blog a couple weeks ago, I’m teaching a new course this semester at UT Austin, entitled AI Alignment Theory. To call such a course “timely” seems like an understatement; this is the first course I’ve ever taught for which multiple gargantuan developments relevant to the course have happened while I […]

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Vote!

Today, I take a break from your regularly-scheduled AI mathocalypse programming to urge my American readers to vote in the Congressional midterms, early if possible, if you haven’t already. Especially if your state faces one or more major contests, as does my adopted home state of Texas. Me, I voted straight-ticket Democrat today, as I’ve […]

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Vote! (Israeli edition)

Someone writing an article for the Israeli press about “people abroad who love Israel but might be worried” emailed me the following questions: “1. What is something about Israel that you admire/appreciate over the years? 2. What are you worried the most about Israel these days?” So I replied as follows: “It’s hard to know […]

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Podcasts about the Topic: Part II

As always, I strongly recommend 2x speed, which compensates somewhat for my verbal infelicities! New! More podcasts keep dropping! This one is with the AI alignment researcher Roman Yampolskiy, about … well, AI alignment, plus the Mathocalypse, plus quantum computing, plus whether the universe is a simulation, and I forget what else! Man do the […]

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Talk by Dana Moshkovitz: The Unique Games Conjecture – Proved (!!?)

In my “Mathocalypse” post, I mentioned that my wife Dana—who’s been working on Subhash Khot’s Unique Games Conjecture since ~2009, for the entire time I’ve known her—has for the past few weeks (while on sabbatical at the Simons Institute in Berkeley) been spending essentially all of her time laboring to understand OpenAI’s recent proof of […]

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Podcast about the Topic: Part III, with Brian Greene

Boooooo! What spooooky times we now live in, with AI rapidly advancing in capabilities and solving more and more major open math problems! So it seems like a perfect occasion to share yet another podcast. I know I’ve been dropping them like every day, but this is a special one, with Brian Greene for his […]

Scott Aaronson Shtetl-Optimized · EN