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Featured AI 2026 · 08 AI Prehistory | Two Legends Who Made Encoding Possible · Part I · Gödel Part I of AI Prehistory: how Gödel encoded mathematical statements and proofs as integers, making mathematical language processable. An interactive bilingual article. Read →

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2026 · 08 The Price Isn't Known Yet. The Money Arrives Anyway. Startups need capital most exactly when they are hardest to value. An interactive look at SAFEs — and why the same structure appears in Hong Kong presale flats and Kickstarter. Finance Free
2026 · 08 Some Sounds Disappear Without Being Noticed A short history of MP3, psychoacoustics and information compression: an interactive essay on hearing, trade-offs, and learning to forget. Data × Behaviour Free
2026 · 08 Fairness Lies Where the Eye Cannot See A riffle needs seven, an overhand a thousand, a computer just 51. An interactive look at why looking shuffled and being fair are two different things. Mathematics Free
2026 · 08 AI Prehistory | Two Legends Who Made Encoding Possible · Part II · Turing Part II of AI Prehistory: from computability and the universal machine to programming and the foundations of modern AI. An interactive bilingual article. AI Free
2026 · 08 AI Prehistory | Two Legends Who Made Encoding Possible · Part I · Gödel Part I of AI Prehistory: how Gödel encoded mathematical statements and proofs as integers, making mathematical language processable. An interactive bilingual article. AI Free
2026 · 07 Spreads Fast, or Hits Hard? From Virus Models to Digital Marketing One is deadlier, the other spreads faster — which should worry us more? An interactive look at how transmission quietly compounds. Data × Behaviour Free

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