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Ananthaswamy puts the actual mathematics of machine learning on the page — linear algebra, calculus, probability — and walks it forward from Rosenblatt's perceptron through backpropagation to deep networks, threading the history into the equations. The rare popular AI book that teaches you the math instead of gesturing at it; the paperback adds an afterword on transformers.
July 20, 2026
Dynomight on the coming end of pseudonymity, Brian Potter scores 239 laws against their promises, and a Sears-catalog rewrite of American growth.
April 6, 2026
AI Snake Oil on scaling myths, Import AI on 100K training runs, and Tyler Cowen finds AI in the productivity statistics for real this time.
March 9, 2026
Lex Fridman's DeepSeek deep dive, Import AI on DeepMind's AGI timeline, and a Noahpinion post on what AI companies are actually building now.
