In 2015, Don Fleming and Jason Stern were in the West Village, at Sister Ray Enterprises, the office of the late Lou Reed, when they made a startling discovery. Fleming, a musician and an archivist, a
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The tweet landed like a burp on a first date: a little awkward, potentially endearing, maybe a good story to tell later. Chris Olah, a neural network engineer for a company called AnthropicAI and a fo
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Today is my birthday. I turn 70. I’ve learned a few things so far that might be helpful to others. For the past few years, I’ve jotted down bits of unsolicited advice each year and much to my surprise
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