The Bitter Lesson: Rethinking How We Build AI Systems

“The Bitter Lesson: Rethinking How We Build AI Systems” by Ankit Maloo:

https://ankitmaloo.com/bitter-lesson/

“The Bitter Lesson” by Rich Sutton, March 13, 2019:

“general methods that leverage computation are ultimately the most effective […] the only thing that matters in the long run is the leveraging of computation”

No one knows what the hell an AI agent is

“No one knows what the hell an AI agent is” by Maxwell Zeff and Kyle Wiggers:

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/no-one-knows-what-the-hell-an-ai-agent-is/

“What exactly is an AI agent?” by Ron Miller:

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/15/what-exactly-is-an-ai-agent/

Larry Ellison’s Dark Vision for OUR Future

“Larry Ellison’s Dark Vision for OUR Future” by :

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/02/larry-ellisons-dark-designs-for-the-united-states-and-the-united-kingdom.html

“Tony Blair and Larry Ellison on reimagining technology for government”:

Is AI the most important discovery in the hoistory of humankind?

Reflections on AGI from 1879

“Reflections on AGI from 1879” by Harry Law:

https://www.learningfromexamples.com/p/reflections-on-superintelligence

Book “Impressions of Theophrastus Such” by George Eliot aka. Mary Ann Evans:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10762

AI's human-in-the-loop isn't

“AI’s human-in-the-loop isn’t” by Cory Doctorow:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/30/a-neck-in-a-noose/#is-also-a-human-in-the-loop

“KI: Vertrauen in den Menschen – oder ein gefährlicher Irrglaube?” by Andreas von Westphalen:

https://www.telepolis.de/features/KI-Vertrauen-in-den-Menschen-oder-ein-gefaehrlicher-Irrglaube-10282781.html

L’IA contre les droits humains, sociaux et environnementaux

“L’IA contre les droits humains, sociaux et environnementaux” by a coalition of a diverse range of French civil society organizations:

https://hiatus.ooo/

“Launch of the Hiatus Coalition, to Resist AI and its World” an english translation of the hiatus-manifest: