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Deep Learning

Posts covering the neural network breakthroughs, techniques, and figures that define AI's deep learning era.

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The Year Deep Learning Won Twice

Aug 17, 2026

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2 min read

The Year Deep Learning Won Twice

Before AlexNet made headlines in 2012, two graduate students in Toronto had already proven the same idea worked — on something harder than pictures: sound.

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AI History

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The Chip Nobody Built for This

Aug 10, 2026

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2 min read

The Chip Nobody Built for This

For six years, the hardware that would train modern AI sat inside millions of gaming PCs. Nobody in AI research had a reason to go looking for it.

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AI History

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The Bet Nobody Thought Would Pay Off

Aug 3, 2026

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2 min read

The Bet Nobody Thought Would Pay Off

Before it changed AI forever, ImageNet was the idea Fei-Fei Li's own colleagues told her to drop.

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