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Is Agentic AI a Fraud? 14 Claims Tested
A popular video calls agentic AI fraud. We test its 14 claims against the evidence: what an agent is, how often it works, and how to fence it from a plant.
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How an LLM Actually Works: Tokens to a 1 GW Campus
What an LLM computes, from tokens to serving, and why it needs the hardware you run, up to a 132 kW rack. Five calculators, every number sourced.
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The Compression Horizon: How Close Can a Laptop Get to a Datacenter's Mind?
Can 300 TB of training data become 1 KB? The hard physics (Shannon, Kolmogorov, Landauer) and a practical pipeline for task-specific local AI.
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AI Inference Economics: The Cost of Running Models
Inference now dominates AI compute — 2/3 of workloads, $50B+ chip market, 93 GW by 2030. Data-backed analysis with interactive cost calculator.
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Data Center Talent Shortage: Hiring, Pay and Training
340K unfilled DC positions globally. Analysis of hiring, pay, and training constraints, with an interactive talent gap calculator across 12 markets.
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The Web Didn't Die. It Split: Who Wins the Next Interface Shift?
Analysis of the web from 2020 to 2035: AI answers, search click compression, platform power, and how durable sites survive the split. Future Forward FF-1.
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