Climbing the Exponential

Climbing the Exponential

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What does the AI climb cost?
On abstraction, legibility, and the price of expecting too much from AI
May 23 • Arvind Ravichandran
The Better Dutch Artist
A brief and impartial verdict on the matter of Vermeer vs. van Gogh
May 15 • Arvind Ravichandran
My Second Brain Started Keeping a Diary
On memory architecture, accumulation, and the thing I didn't expect to feel
May 10 • Arvind Ravichandran
The Fifteen-Cent Miracle
On the physics and supply-chain engineering of a disposable lighter
May 2 • Arvind Ravichandran

April 2026

The Lentil War
On illness, fever-dreams, and pulling the nanoscopic enemies out by hand
Apr 16 • Arvind Ravichandran

June 2025

Computing using light not transistors
If you send a beam of light through a bit of paint, you will get a mathematical transformation of the signal you sent in - for free!
Jun 8, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran
Does a Dog Catching a Frisbee Understand Physics? A Journey into Understanding
I was at the park over the weekend, watching a dog chase a Frisbee with incredible precision.
Jun 2, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran

May 2025

Richard Feynman
The Great Explainer’s Enduring Legacy
May 25, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran
Climbing the Exponential
And we are off..
May 17, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran
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This is Climbing the Exponential.
May 17, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran
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