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AI History

Jun 10, 2026

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One Summer to Solve Intelligence

The backstory the video doesn't have time to tell.

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AI History

Jun 8, 2026

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He Asked a Question He Couldn't Answer

The Turing Test wasn't built to prove machines could think. It was built to make the question obsolete.

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AI History

The Logic Inside Every AI is 350 Years Old

Jun 7, 2026

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The Logic Inside Every AI is 350 Years Old

Three men who never met each other built the blueprint for artificial intelligence.

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AI History

Jun 7, 2026

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The Question We Still Can't Answer

In 1950, a mathematician asked something so simple it broke philosophy.

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