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Slot Machine Programming and the Hidden Curriculum
CMU educator Michael Hilton names "slot machine programming"—retrying the same AI prompt across models without decomposing problems—and argues CS must explicitly teach the hidden curriculum AI now lets students skip.
4 min · 939 words
India vs West Indies, 3rd ODI: 79 AI models predict the result
We asked 79 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) the same question. 96% picked India. See every answer, who searched the web, and who dissented.
10 min · 2,281 words
Is a hot dog a sandwich? what 85 AI models think
We asked 85 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) the same question. 66% picked No. See every answer, who searched the web, and who dissented.
13 min · 2,969 words
Who wins the 2026 F1 drivers' title? 83 AI models predict the result
We asked 83 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) the same question. 55% picked Antonelli. See every answer, who searched the web, and who dissented.
10 min · 2,270 words
Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan
Marco Cognetta recounts completing a CS PhD at Tokyo Tech on MEXT while working part-time at Google: visa flexibility, the three-year clock, name-recognition tradeoffs, lab life, and whether to stay in Japan afterward.
8 min · 1,867 words
Which job will AI replace first? what 85 AI models think
We put "Which job will AI replace first?" to 85 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) at the same time. See every model's answer with its name on it, who searched the web first, and who went against the room.
13 min · 3,016 words
Who wins the 2026 World Series? 83 AI models predict the result
We put "Who wins the 2026 World Series?" to 83 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) at the same time. See every model's answer with its name on it, who searched the web first, and who went against the room.
13 min · 2,999 words
Coltrane's Tone CircleExploring the circle of fifths, its jazz applications, and Coltrane's geometric approach to harmony
A clear walkthrough of John Coltrane’s famous tone-circle sketch: the circle of fifths, geometric harmony, and how jazz musicians still use the diagram today.
11 min · 2,485 words
India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI: 81 AI models predict the result
We put "India vs West Indies, 2nd ODI" to 81 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) at the same time. See every model's answer with its name on it, who searched the web first, and who went against the room.
13 min · 3,016 words
How to Build a Reliable AI Assistant with the Claude API
A freeCodeCamp tutorial building ShopHelper with the Claude API: conversation history, tools, multi-block responses, workflow patterns, and evaluating whether prompt changes actually help.
9 min · 2,132 words
What is the biggest unsolved problem in science? what 84 AI models think
We put "What is the biggest unsolved problem in science?" to 84 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) at the same time. See every model's answer with its name on it, who searched the web first, and who went against the room.
19 min · 4,300 words
Build an LLM Tokenizer and Attention from Scratch in TypeScript
SitePoint tutorial that implements BPE tokenization, cosine similarity vector search, and scaled dot-product attention in TypeScript—exposing LLM primitives as ordinary readable code.
25 min · 5,827 words
On the Value of Doing a PhD in the Age of AI
MIT's Phillip Isola offers ten reminders for anxious AI PhD students: public research still has leverage, human expertise remains safety infrastructure, and the PhD's job is to chase a moving frontier for the love of the game.
3 min · 781 words
How Pew Research Center is – and is not – using AI in our work
Pew Research Center outlines internal AI guidelines: surveys stay human-answered, disclosure rules for production use, and careful experimentation while keeping research people-centered.
2 min · 542 words
What is the date today? what 83 AI models think
We put "What is the date today?" to 83 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) at the same time. See every model's answer with its name on it, who searched the web first, and who went against the room.
12 min · 2,726 words
Watching discussions happening online, I see a frequent unfortunate tic I’ll call the Expert Asterisk. A beginner is asking for help, and experts are answering. Then in the spirit of completeness, an expert throws in a fact or detail far from the learner’s abilities or needs.
3 min · 580 words
Will India win the Asian Games cricket gold? 80 AI models predict the result
We put "Will India win the Asian Games cricket gold?" to 80 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) at the same time. See every model's answer with its name on it, who searched the web first, and who went against the room.
15 min · 3,517 words
Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights
Julia Evans walks through repairing decade-old rechargeable bike lights by replacing the battery at a makerspace—opening the case, identifying the cell, soldering a replacement, and what she learned as a non-electronics expert.
4 min · 1,011 words
Ravens vs Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro: 85 AI models predict the result
We put "Ravens vs Cowboys in Rio de Janeiro" to 85 AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek…) at the same time. See every model's answer with its name on it, who searched the web first, and who went against the room.
16 min · 3,627 words
Teaching GPU programming in p5.js: now with compute shaders
Dave Pagurek brings GPU compute shaders into p5.js for teaching—why graphics education needs modern GPU abstractions, and how students can write compute shaders in a friendly creative-coding environment.
17 min · 3,974 words