The Descent of Machine: Darwin Revisited

The Descent of Machine: Darwin Revisited

Shomit Ghose – 06/24/26 The Evolution Will Be Automated When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, he did more than explain the history of life. He identified a general mechanism through which complexity can emerge without design. Darwin wrote about organisms, but his logic extends beyond biology. Wherever entities reproduce, variation…

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The Future of AI: It’s About Architecture

Feature image with the headline ‘The Future of AI: It’s About Architecture’ over a blurred background showing a robot (and drone) indoors, with a small author headshot included

Scaling: Thinking Globally and Acting Locally For much of the past decade, AI progress has been defined by scale: larger models trained on ever greater amounts of data and compute. The paradigm of “more parameters, better performance” has driven notable advances but is now showing signs of saturation. Empirical scaling laws, such as those identified…

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