Splitting Infinity

Sleep experiment initial results and notes

Co-authors: niplav and No Magic Pill

Mar 20 • Sam Harsimony, niplav, and No Magic Pill

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February 2026

Implications of updating timeline distributions

Why fusion is always 30 years away.

Feb 9 • Sam Harsimony

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Links #31

My bluesky threads, Em's are coming, new tech in the developing world, and much more.

Feb 4 • Sam Harsimony

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January 2026

Semiconductors will see an end of history (eventually)

With some thoughts on future AI hardware and computing more broadly.

Jan 28 • Sam Harsimony

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Against finding potential pandemics in wild animals

Terrible diseases and where to find them.

Jan 9 • Sam Harsimony

Resurrection is merely a technical challenge

An invitation to turbo-narcissism.

Jan 7 • Sam Harsimony

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Breakthroughs rare and decreasing

Innovation is trying stuff. Eventually you find something good enough.

Jan 5 • Sam Harsimony

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December 2025

Links #30

Inside a dating app, childcare and freedom, the vibecession, and science news.

Dec 31, 2025 • Sam Harsimony

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November 2025

Links #29

Qattara Depression project, short-range flying cars, fertility, electron beams and more.

Nov 26, 2025 • Sam Harsimony

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Economic futures for LLM inference

Inference providers will look for other lines of business.

Nov 17, 2025 • Sam Harsimony

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Use preferences and agency for ethics, not sentience.

A framework for what beings have moral value.

Nov 4, 2025 • Sam Harsimony

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October 2025

An intro to the Tensor Economics blog

An excellent blog on LLM economics, with reference to related work by SemiAnalysis.

Oct 27, 2025 • Sam Harsimony

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