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charlesxjyangon Diffuse AI Issue 1

Issue 1 of Diffuse AI, a new publication covering how AI is diffusing and being used in the real world, is out! Including pieces on LLMs for chemistry, AI-generated chinese microdramas, and a bipartisan interview with former white house staffers on AI diffusion.

charlesxjyangon Rickover's Lessons

Author of Chinatalk post here!

If you want to read the full write-up of the story of Rickover and the USS Nautilus, you can find my original substack here: https://charlesyang.substack.com/p/how-hyman-rickover-built-...

I'm also planning on doing some archival research through the Rickover Files at US Naval Academy Archives, so if there are particular topics that are of interest about Rickover's legacy, let me know! Currently planning on prioritizing congressional testimony and unpublished memos or speeches that he gave.

charlesxjyangon Self-Driving Labs

An intro to what self-driving labs are, what they can do, and how we can fund more of them