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The coolest machine learning application of the year is listening to trees + birds. 🌳
Merlin uses advanced ML to distinguish a Hoot Owl vs. Tufted Titmouse vs. Crow in seconds. (Or any bird lol.) 100% nature. 🦉
I wrote way more about Merlin here if you want to learn more. Finally, an algorithm that actually encourages you to touch grass. ➜
https://pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ten-ai-lords-billions-of-peasants
I wrote a controversial article about wealth inequality as it relates to the massive influx of AI-powered weath in 2025, to the tune of $500 billion.
Ten tech leaders made half a trillion dollars from AI in 2025 while layoffs surged. The concentration of power became so extreme that Senator Bernie Sanders officially called them "oligarchs" and demanded a data center moratorium. This is is an economy and a democracy in crisis.
Read it here for free: https://pithycyborg.substack.com/p/ten-ai-lords-billions-of-peasants
🧬 Newsletter: AI just crossed a major line. Scientists used machine learning to design viruses from scratch that actually work and kill bacteria.
16 out of 302 AI-generated virus designs successfully replicated in the lab. We're now in an era where AI can literally write the code of life.
The implications are staggering. 🧵
I cover more details in my latest newsletter.
https://pithycyborg.substack.com/p/when-ai-plays-god-scientists-create
