Seeker: Scaling & Development
How capability grows - and what changes as we scale. Use these to understand power laws, embodied agents, and the builder's toolkit that shapes modern systems.
Position: AI Scaling: From Up to Down and Out
Why it matters: Argues for a pivot from raw scale to smarter scaling - smaller, specialized, more efficient systems and better interfaces with the world.
Skill level: Intermediate - Advanced
Resource type: Reading (Position Paper)
Published/updated: 2024 - 2025
Scaling Laws for Embodied Agents
Why it matters: Extends scaling analysis beyond text to agents acting in environments, clarifying how data, embodiment, and feedback loops change capability growth.
Skill level: Advanced
Resource type: Reading (Academic Paper)
Published/updated: 2024 - 2025
Why it matters: Spin up, share, and remix AI apps in minutes - perfect for learning in public and testing ideas with real users.
Skill level: Beginner - Intermediate
Resource type: Tooling - Platform
Published/updated: Ongoing
Large Language Models Comparison Dataset
Why it matters: A community benchmark to compare model families across tasks - helpful for picking the right tool and tracking progress honestly.
Skill level: Intermediate
Resource type: Dataset - Benchmark
Published/updated: Updated regularly
Why it matters: Martin V. Butz provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the development path toward artificial general intelligence, bridging current capabilities with future possibilities.
Skill level: Intermediate - Advanced
Resource type: Reading (Academic Paper)
Published/updated: 2021
Triple equivalence for the emergence of biological intelligence
Why it matters: Takuya Isomura presents a mathematical framework for understanding how intelligence emerges in biological systems, offering insights for artificial intelligence development.
Skill level: Advanced
Resource type: Reading (Academic Paper)
Published/updated: September 2024
On the roles of function and selection in evolving systems
Why it matters: Michael L. Wong and colleagues explore how complexity emerges across scales in the universe, from chemistry to biology to intelligence - essential for understanding scaling principles.
Skill level: Intermediate
Resource type: Article
Published/updated: April 2025
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