Research

The article argues that humanity has already created a "paperclip maximizer" in the form of a global economic system optimized for profit, which operates without any central control or "off switch." It warns that this sy…

The article discusses the potential benefits of hardware support for "ravioli memory," a concept where data is stored in fixed-size blocks called ravioli. It explores how hardware could accelerate operations like pointer…

The article presents a table of approximate latency times for common computer operations, ranging from L1 cache references (0.5 ns) to transcontinental network round trips (150 ms). Compiled by Jeff Dean and originally b…