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Weekly Dose of Optimism #202

A system built by a four-year-old startup went from prototype to a live combat mission, a month after another Corsair performed the first known rescue of downed pilots by an autonomous boat. Proving that a startup can build autonomous boats that are useful in combat is huge, but proving that they can build a great American shipyard again might be even bigger.

oneusefulthing.org

What it feels like to work with Mythos

The map required the AI to make judgement calls about hundreds of little choices, and it just made them, without me understanding the choices or having a chance to weigh in. In many ways, it is miraculous (I can always ask for edits at the end) on the other, it turns AI into the ultimate black box.

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The Codex feature that works while you sleep

Goals transform AI from a turn-based assistant that needs constant 'what's next?' prompting into an autonomous agent that can work for hours on complex, multi-step tasks.

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🎙️ This week on How I AI: GPT 5.5, Claude Design, and GPT Images 2.0 hands-on reviews—plus an inside look at Memelord

The real value unlocks when you have genuinely hard technical problems. The "I trust you, figure it out" prompt unlocks autonomous multi-hour workflows.

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The Ten Commandments of the New AI Religion

The faithful have been liberated from the responsibility of thinking for themselves. The bot now thinks for them.

whyisthisinteresting

The Monday Media Diet with Jev Valles

I love how it views creativity as something spiritual that works best when it just flows. That is something I need to remind myself of at times because it's so easy to fall into the trappings of constraining your imagination to fit within the mandates that buyers want or the expectations that audiences have rather than the freedom of where a thought takes you.

3quarksdaily.com

Cherish Your Comfort Zone

Being in familiar surroundings with adequate control over my time and space is a necessary condition for immersing myself fully in reading, writing, and taking pictures—activities that nourish me and give me space for creativity.

ai-supremacy.com

What Rivian's AI & Autonomy Growth Signals

Advanced autonomy, improved sensors, millions of miles more experience, integrated software and embedded AI have all improved considerably in the last decade.

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What Rivian's AI & Autonomy Growth Signals

Advanced autonomy, improved sensors, millions of miles more experience, integrated software and embedded AI have all improved considerably in the last decade. That world of robots, delivery drones, robo-taxis and consumer ambient intelligence: well, it's finally coming.