I've seen just about everything on the internet. The videos of Charlie Kirk are the worst I've ever seen. Worse than cartel torture videos. We all "know" Charlie Kirk and it wasn't in some drug slum in Cartagena. It was just a sunny day on a college campus in Utah. Sick stuff.

What does it really mean to be intelligent, and can AI meet that standard? In this new episode of The Human Intelligence Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Gilles Gignac to discuss two of his most influential papers on defining and measuring intelligence. youtu.be/t4BjNXwcDqY?si…

What does it really mean for an IQ test to be “biased”? In this episode of The Human Intelligence Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Craig Frisby to unpack one of the most misunderstood issues in psychology. youtu.be/HvnBJx0Agqs?si…

Sora 2 is really impressive

I'm looking for a senior (actually senior) proficient in Next/TS/tRPC/shadcn for part time/contract-to-hire work but have no idea where to look. The best devs come from referrals so if you know anyone looking for a side hustle please reach out 🙏

Congrats You've re-invented meditation from first principles

me watching the llm do the job i used to love

How much can embryo selection increase IQ? In this episode, Dr. Russell Warne talks with Jonathan Anomaly about embryo selection, polygenic scores, and how modern biotechnology can predict differences in traits like IQ, health risk, and longevity. youtu.be/WxxMOi1Ph8I?si…

I proudly support a Florida Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Europe doesn't have "a problem". It has THREE problems: 3 European nations are suffering from a severe "post-imperial hangover". First, there is the United Kingdom, a nation that voted for Brexit to "take back control" only to realize it has completely forgotten how to drive.

Mike McDaniels breaking the news to Tua for the 11th time today:

every year it seems like there's less and less public celebration of Christmas, but especially this year. i know it's not just me getting older. hardly any decorations around town, almost never hearing christmas music at restaurants, and i barely even hear "happy holidays". why?

i've thought about this a lot over the past year. i keep thinking eventually we'll be there but we're just not there yet, and i'm not convinced in 2026 we will for sophisticated projects, models consistently fail to create reusable/extendable code shipping fast isn't everything

agentic code review in a nutshell: "here’s a bug i found for and edge case that a user will literally never encounter and you never would've known about but now that you know about it you should probably fix it"

🚨🚨🚨New article!🚨🚨🚨 Today, the first peer-reviewed article using RIOT IQ data was published in a scholarly journal. In this study, Russell T. Warne 🇺🇸🇨🇱 analyzed how response times on IQ test items related with performance on the same questions. Some of the findings include: ➡️Each

🚨New podcast episode🚨 This chat w/Richard Haier covers more ground than any other episode. Topics include: ➡️The newest frontiers in neuroscience & IQ ➡️Whether society is warming up to IQ research ➡️New orgs that advance the field of intelligence Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=2VKBY0…

POV: January 2026

the state of AI

SpaceX has acquired xAI, forming one of the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engines on (and off) Earth → spacex.com/updates#xai-jo…

Here's a 0 BS step-by-step OpenClaw setup I put together that gets you started with Telegram, Codex/Opus, and read only access to your application's database. It runs on Hetzner for $36/month with basically the same specs as a new $1,200 Mac Mini. github.com/jakeleventhal/…