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Language Is Poison

Language Is Poison
AMI Labs bet $1.03 billion that language is poison. The Bitter Lesson does not say what people think. Four world models turn out to be one fight. Four…
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Language Is Poison, Part 4: Find the Story
Before there was a billion-dollar bet, there was a scientist who once dreamed of being a film director.
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Language Is Poison, Part 3: Everyone Is Heading to the Same Place
Five companies, five definitions, one term. The convergence on “world model” masks a deeper disagreement about what intelligence requires.
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Language Is Poison, Part 2: The Bitter Lesson, Revisited
The essay that became Silicon Valley’s gospel may not say what the industry thinks it says. And the technology it supposedly validates may be a…
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Language Is Poison, Part 1: World Model, Not Word Model
AMI Labs’ chief science officer believes the AI industry’s most successful technology is also its most seductive trap. His company has just raised $1.03…
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