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What We Know & Don't Know

The honest state of AI understanding — what's proven, what's marketing, and what's genuinely unknown.

WHAT THIS GUIDE COVERS
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What AI can actually do today (and what's marketing)

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How large language models work (no PhD required)

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The scaling hypothesis — will bigger always mean better?

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What alignment research has and hasn't solved

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The measurement problem — why benchmarks lie

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Genuine unknowns that nobody is pretending to have answers to

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Clear explanations of what AI can and can't do, written for smart generalists.

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