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Links (92)

2025-10-27 · 00:00 UTC ·1 min read

Brief

Nintil's 'Links (92)' roundup (27 Oct 2025) assembles 92 curated links spanning AI, biotech, aerospace, and policy, from Noah Smith's Breakneck review to technical pieces on rotating detonation engines and pan‑cancer therapy advances. Notable themes: LLMs applied to CAD, instances of model 'awareness' tied to training‑set pollution, Rodney Brooks' negative view on humanoid robots, and practical biosecurity proposals.

Why it matters

Nintil's 'Links (92)' (published 2025-10-27) curates 92 links across AI, biotech, aerospace, and policy, citing items like Noah Smith's review of Breakneck, pieces on germline gene editing, and updates on pan‑cancer therapy progress.

Key details

  • AI items highlight LLMs entering CAD workflows, reports that recent models show some 'awareness' during evaluation (attributed to training‑set pollution), and a bearish forecast on humanoid robots from Rodney Brooks.
  • Engineering and security highlights include rotating detonation engines, Boom Supersonic's arguments for vertical integration, commentary on quantum computing timelines, and a proposed cheap approach to counter bioweapons.
Source evidence

title: Links (92)
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publication: Nintil
published: 2025-10-27T00:00:00+00:00
sourceurl: https://nintil.com/links-92/

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Book Review of Breakneck from Noah Smith, endorsed On China and rare earths Rotating detonation engines Progress in pan-cancer therapy DOGE and its consequences in the federal government The AI revolution in radiology that never was Pictures of the old and new colliding ( bonus ) Learning fashion like an engineer On testosterone measurement Huel is fine to drink, despite the high lead allegations. Here a trustworthy Huel enjoyer shows his blood tests. Towards Consciousness Engineering You can survive on one kidney if you donate the other, at the cost of worse health maybe. Scott here points out that there could be genetic confounders involved in that. I personally wouldn't take the risk. The Mechanical Turk . I already knew some vague details of the story, this video adds a few more I didn't (It played against Franklin and Napoleon!) A cheap approach to fight bioweapons Viruses are worse than you thought A review of 'If anyone builds it, everyone dies' When will quantum computing work? LLMs are coming for CAD More on the benefits of vertical integration at Boom Supersonic On " involution " in China's industries The wild world of parasitic AI A bearish take on humanoid robots from Rodney Brooks (who keeps a public record of his predictions!. Here's another post of his with a critique of Sutton's Bitter Lesson. On the use of animal testing for drug development Latest AI models have some awareness that they're being evaluated. I could see this happening because of training set pollution, and still not counting as situational awareness in the sense I talked about here . Depreciation (re AI datacenter spend) Why AI is not a bubble Germline gene editing , Max Berry