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Claude can design electronic prototypes from start to finish
We asked Claude to design three electronic devices: a speakerphone, a voice-assistant hub, and a handheld virtual pet. The prototypes worked without any fixes to their circuitry.
America Can Build Again. Here’s How
At the start of the Great Depression and with seemingly impossible engineering challenges before them, San Francisco began construction on the Golden Gate Bridge, a project long-d…
Making Startups Powerful
One of the most useful heuristics I have when doing office hours with startups is to ask: what would make this company more powerful? Asking how the company could make more money is a good heuristic too, but it tends to…
Anthropic
See allClaude can design electronic prototypes from start to finish
We asked Claude to design three electronic devices: a speakerphone, a voice-assistant hub, and a handheld virtual pet. The prototypes worked without any fixes to their circuitry.
Teaching AI to build scientific models
AI for Science grantees Jakob Macke, Daniel Gedon, and Stefan Wahl on how AI is starting to change how scientific models are built and interpreted.
Project EVE: Claude plays MMORPGs
We put Claude in two EVE games to study how AI agents handle markets and teamwork, where they break down, and what safeguards they might need.
Paul Graham
See allMaking Startups Powerful
One of the most useful heuristics I have when doing office hours with startups is to ask: what would make this company more powerful? Asking how the company could make more money is a good heuristic too, but it tends to…
How Universities Should Prepare Founders
How should universities prepare students to start startups? Y Combinator is in the perfect position to answer this question, because we get them next. We're like grad school. And because YC has had 20 years to refine it…
How to Earn a Billion Dollars
(This is based on a talk I gave at the Oxford Union.) Since this is apparently the future prime ministers' club, I'm going to tell you about something it would be good if more politicians understood: I'm going to tell y…