
Essay argues AI literacy is not an extension of computer skills
Venkatesh Rao says conventional smarts are a social performance, not the balance needed to use AI well.
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Venkatesh Rao says conventional smarts are a social performance, not the balance needed to use AI well.
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Essay argues brain-as-computer thinking misleads AI and that generative tools undermine long-evolved human cognition.

CoreWeave now offers NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, and Cognition reports up to 4.8x higher Devin token throughput.

Cognition released SWE-2, an RL post-trained coding model from Kimi K3, scoring 50.0% on FrontierCode 1.1 Main and available only inside Devin.

Cognition integrates GPT-6 Astra into Devin, its CLI, and desktop products to automate testing and provide evidence for code review.

Cognition releases SWE-2, a 2.8T-parameter MoE coding model post-trained from Kimi K3, scoring 92.8 on Terminal-Bench 2.1.

Cognition released SWE-2, a coding model post-trained from Kimi K3 that scores 50.0% on FrontierCode 1.1 Main, near Fable 5.1 at 64% lower cost.

Cognition, maker of Devin, raised $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation led by a16z, Accel, and Founders Fund, with revenue at $900M annualized.
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