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The Autonomous Land Vehicle, Pilot's Associate, and Battle Management
Three North Star Applications Projects from DARPA's Strategic Computing Portfolio
Nov 7
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Eric Gilliam
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MOSIS
The 1980s DARPA 'Silicon Broker'
Nov 5
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Eric Gilliam
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Strategic Computing's Machine Acquisition Program
This piece is an accompaniment to today’s MOSIS piece. So please read the MOSIS piece before starting this one. Pattern Language Tags: Promoting a…
Nov 5
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Eric Gilliam
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ILLIAC IV and the Connection Machine
DARPA's varied approaches to developing early parallel computers
Nov 3
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Eric Gilliam
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October 2023
Coming Soon...Diving into ARPA History
I’ve taken to calling the pieces I write for FreakTakes “administrative histories.” The reason I opted for that name instead of “progress studies…
Oct 11
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Eric Gilliam
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August 2023
The Past and Present of Computer-Augmented Hypothesis Generation
Don Swanson’s career started on a path familiar to many who read this blog. A BA in Physics from CalTech in 1945. A Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from UC…
Aug 10
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July 2023
An Alternative Approach to Deep Tech VC
Marrying early YC's goals with systems from the mid-20th C. deep tech pipeline
Jul 13
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Eric Gilliam
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May 2023
How Recent Innovation in Jiu-jitsu Helps Us Think About OpenAI’s Future
Check out my guest post for the ChinaTalk Substack on recent innovation in the sport of jiu-jitsu and how it can help us think about OpenAI’s future. In…
May 26
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Eric Gilliam
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Math and Physics’ Divorce, Poetry, and the Scientific Slowdown
An alternative hypothesis to the 'burden of knowledge' theory of the slowdown
May 25
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Eric Gilliam
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Thomas Edison, Technical Entrepreneur
My piece in Works in Progress
May 23
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Eric Gilliam
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April 2023
Tales of Edison's Lab
What was it truly like inside the great man's lab?
Apr 25
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Eric Gilliam
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Bonus: More details on how Bell Labs operated
This was initially a section of my larger Bell Labs post. It would have come between the “Freedom comes in many forms” and “The mobile phone system…
Apr 20
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Eric Gilliam
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