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Interesting links from around the internet that I find worth sharing.
May 2026
Taiwan Overtakes India as World's Fifth-Largest Stock Market
Taiwan overtook India in stock market value, powered mainly by a breakneck rally in the world’s largest chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)
bloomberg.com“Holy fuck, this is huge. I didn't even realize Taiwan was in the top 10. One single company (TSMC) is dragging the whole country up with a $2 trillion market cap. Holy shit. No wonder China wants to invade them.”
Dananjaya Hettiarachchi - World Champion of Public Speaking 2014 - Full Speech
The award-winning speech by Dananjaya Hettiarachchi, titled "I See Something," which earned him the title of Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking in 2014
youtu.be“YouTube recommended this video to me that my sister shared with me 10 years ago.”
MIT Explains the 12 Possible Endings for AI
This video is based on a book called Life 3.0, where MIT professor Max Tegmark describes 12 possible futures. Some are paradise, some are nightmares. And some look like paradise, until you try to escape.
youtu.be“A fascinating breakdown of possible AI futures”
Yann LeCun's $1B Bet Against LLMs
An alternative vision for AI proposed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun.
youtu.be“Interesting counterpoint to the LLM hype and curious to see if his world model approach pans out.”
Signs of introspection in large language models
Anthropic's research on "introspection" suggests that Large Language Models (specifically Claude Opus 4 and 4.1) can, to a limited degree, monitor and control their own internal neural states.
anthropic.com“Wild that we're at the point where models might actually know what they're doing internally.”
The Hardest Problem AI Ever Solved, with Google DeepMind CEO
Cleo Abram interviewing Demis Hassabis to find the future he wants to build
youtu.be“I don't get tired on watching this man speaks. And Cleo makes it even more interesting. Love this interview.”