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Managing Lockheed’s Skunk Works
And Many Stories About the Maleffects of Bureaucracy on R&D
Mar 7
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Eric Gilliam
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January 2024
Lessons Answer.AI can learn from history’s greatest R&D labs
Today’s piece was put together with the help of several conversations with Answer.AI co-founder Jeremy Howard. It is not a “traditional” FreakTakes…
Jan 26
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Eric Gilliam
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Lessons Answer.AI can learn from history’s greatest R&D labs
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An Interview with Chuck Thorpe on CMU: Operating an autonomous vehicle research powerhouse
Listen now | The centerpiece of today’s post is an extensive interview with Chuck Thorpe. Thorpe, now President of Clarkson University, spent over two…
Jan 9
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December 2023
“The Third University of Cambridge”: BBN and the Development of the ARPAnet
We’ve all heard that “DARPA invented the Internet.” But few have heard of BBN, the contractor that did the most work to bring the ARPAnet into…
Dec 14, 2023
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Eric Gilliam
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November 2023
The Autonomous Land Vehicle, Pilot's Associate, and Battle Management
Three North Star Applications Projects from DARPA's Strategic Computing Portfolio
Nov 7, 2023
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Eric Gilliam
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MOSIS
The 1980s DARPA 'Silicon Broker'
Nov 5, 2023
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Eric Gilliam
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MOSIS
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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, 2023
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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, 2023
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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, 2023
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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, 2023
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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, 2023
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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, 2023
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Eric Gilliam
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