Musings by Chris Hayduk

Reading Recap: Q1 2026

Brief reviews of the books and papers I read from Jan-March 2026

Apr 19 • Chris Hayduk

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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of LLMs in Mathematics

A journey into the mathematician's unconscious

Apr 13 • Chris Hayduk

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January 2026

2025 Year in Books

A new tradition

Jan 16 • Chris Hayduk

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A Tale of Two Futures

America is building Skynet. China is building The Jetsons.

Jan 11 • Chris Hayduk

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Open Source LLMs Are Eating the World

We are benchmarking LLMs incorrectly to predict economic utility

Jan 9 • Chris Hayduk

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Knowledge Is Power Law Distributed

Being a generalist is easier than you think

Jan 6 • Chris Hayduk

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September 2025

It's Time For Google to Acquire Intel

Breaking the Nvidia-TSMC monopoly

Sep 25, 2025 • Chris Hayduk

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August 2025

The Strategic Implications of GPT-5 for OpenAI

OpenAI shifts away from the enterprise and toward the consumer

Aug 8, 2025 • Chris Hayduk

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July 2025

Managing Civilizational Tail Risks

401k for Kids and Communist Revolutions

Jul 16, 2025 • Chris Hayduk

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On Implicit and Explicit Learning

Some insights from my time learning languages

Jul 9, 2025 • Chris Hayduk

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April 2025

Gemini 2.5 Pro: How Data + Compute Moats Beat Algorithmic Tweaks

Gemini 2.5 Pro and Google's path to AI supremacy

Apr 14, 2025 • Chris Hayduk

March 2025

The Foundation Model Trap

Why AI Model Companies Are More Like Airlines than Like Cereal Companies

Mar 5, 2025 • Chris Hayduk

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