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The Dolphin’s Stash

What animal trainers learned the hard way, and what it says about the AI boom

5 hrs ago • Tabrez Syed

July 2026

If You Can Make It Here

For sixty years, the best work in technology could only happen in one place. A wave of models out of China last week suggests that’s changing.

Jul 23 • Tabrez Syed

No Rest at the Top

The AI labs are betting they can climb high enough to stop and collect. The free models out of China are the reason they may never get to rest

Jul 9 • Tabrez Syed

Inconceivable

The AI labs are spending hundreds of billions to climb out of reach. The open models keep pace anyway.

Jul 2 • Tabrez Syed

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June 2026

Ultra-Processed Insight

What candy did to fruit, AI is doing to ideas.

Jun 25 • Tabrez Syed

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Onboarded

My agent did the work. I clicked accept.

Jun 18 • Tabrez Syed

Hearing the reach

What the transcript erased, and what the next class of voice models doesn’t.

Jun 4 • Tabrez Syed

May 2026

You Can’t Break a Rule You Never Learned

Why the AI feed is louder than it is useful, and what to do instead.

May 28 • Tabrez Syed

Bring Someone Who Wants You to Lose

Good work needs an opponent. Most AI workflows don’t have one.

May 21 • Tabrez Syed

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To Think Is to Forget

How my agent and I learned to throw things away.

May 14 • Tabrez Syed

The $495 Screw

Simplicity has a smaller market.

May 7 • Tabrez Syed

April 2026

Already Normal

The hedonic treadmill doesn’t just dull wonder. It dissolves fear too.

Apr 30 • Tabrez Syed