Steven Levy
@StevenLevy
Editor at Large @WIRED. Signal: stevenlevy.72
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This is a wonderful doc about Einstein's brain. As you will see, I play a key role. pbs.org/show/the-man-w…
A key clause in Microsoft and OpenAI's deal embodies the raging divide between AGI true believers and those who think it's still a long ways off. wired.com/story/microsof…
As top reporters continue to flock to Substack, subscription fatigue and challenges with building a wide audience pose threats to its long-term success (@stevenlevy / Wired) wired.com/story/substack… techmeme.com/250628/p19#a25…
Here's what's behind @boztank --or should I say Lt. Col Bosworth--and other tech execs joining the Army. (!) wired.com/story/what-lt-…
Fun discussing this with Thomas!
Just rolled off the stage with @StevenLevy at Viva Technology. It is clear to me that AI agents will soon write more than 90% of all code and are the application layer for AGI in software engineering. If developers with agents become 10x more productive, it means agents are doing…
20 years today, Steve Jobs gave Stanford grads the speech of all time. I go deep into how he did it. wired.com/story/how-stev…
RIP Bill Atkinson. One of a kind wired.com/story/bill-atk…
Here's the on-camera conversation with @demishassabis who is really optimistic how AI will create a golden age of abundance. I gently object. youtube.com/watch?v=CRraHg…
In his book Barry Diller didn't say all that much about winning the internet. So in our interview I drilled down on that and learned how he was as plugged-in as you can get. wired.com/story/plaintex…
Thanks, Pat. We will be hearing more and more about the gap between making LLMs more powerful and being able to control them more effectively
Great read from @StevenLevy — and couldn’t agree more with @demishassabis when he says: "We obviously want all of the brilliant things that these AI systems can do. New cures for diseases, new energy sources, incredible things for humanity. But if the first AI systems are built…
Demis Hassabis wants to use AI to solve reality. wired.com/story/google-d…
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I spoke to Google Deepmind CEO and Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis on post-AGI abundance, the future of search, and his lifelong quest to decode reality. wired.com/story/google-d…