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The Drum Machine Argument
Why Dr. Dre and Rick Rubin Are Betting on AI
Why Dr. Dre and Rick Rubin Are Betting on AI
AI’s sudden arrival
A few years ago, AI mostly meant a chatbot that could write you a limerick. Now it drafts contracts, writes production code, generates ad campaigns, and increasingly runs multi-step tasks
A few years ago, AI mostly meant a chatbot that could write you a limerick. Now it drafts contracts, writes production code, generates ad campaigns, and increasingly runs multi-step tasks with almost no human in the loop. The speed of that jump — from novelty to infrastructure in what feels
Can you go 82-0?
If you’ve been anywhere near basketball social media in the past week, you’ve probably seen the numbers 82-0 trending. The reason? A deceptively simple browser game at 82-0.com that asks
If you’ve been anywhere near basketball social media in the past week, you’ve probably seen the numbers 82-0 trending. The reason? A deceptively simple browser game at 82-0.com that asks one tantalizing question: can you build an NBA starting five that goes undefeated? The answer is almost always no. And
Fully loaded and ready to win
Every offseason comes with a thousand promises. Hype is cheap. But what the San Francisco 49ers have assembled heading into the 2026 NFL season isn't hype — it's hardware waiting
Every offseason comes with a thousand promises. Hype is cheap. But what the San Francisco 49ers have assembled heading into the 2026 NFL season isn't hype — it's hardware waiting to happen. With a retooled receiving corps, a defense poised to reclaim its identity, and one of the most intriguing
The app that wants to sound human
There's a particular moment in every AI voice interaction that breaks the spell. The assistant finishes its perfectly accurate sentence, and instead of responding naturally, it waits — silently, patiently,
There's a particular moment in every AI voice interaction that breaks the spell. The assistant finishes its perfectly accurate sentence, and instead of responding naturally, it waits — silently, patiently, like a customer service machine — for you to give it the next command. The rhythm is wrong. It feels
Betting on the future
In a college dorm room in Austin, a 20-year-old pre-med student turned a $500 deposit into $4,800 betting that a particular election outcome would unfold exactly as he predicted. He
In a college dorm room in Austin, a 20-year-old pre-med student turned a $500 deposit into $4,800 betting that a particular election outcome would unfold exactly as he predicted. He shared the screenshot. It went viral. What didn't go viral was the follow-up: six months later, he had lost everything