This week, AI got stranger, smarter, and a little more human. From Elon vs. Wes Roth and a robotic eyeball that upgrades embodied AI, to Jared Kaplan warning about self-training systems, we dive into the breakthroughs shaping our next decade.

We explore why future human art must lean into “beautiful strangeness,” whether autism traits are tied to the human mind’s evolutionary edge, and how biased chatbots may influence voters better than political ads. Plus: new AI-powered 3D displays, real-time rail-fault detection, the mental-health cost of short-form video, and why “teaching models to confess” could reshape alignment.

Finally, we unpack how AGI became the most powerful conspiracy theory in tech culture.

If you enjoy deep-thinking, high-curiosity tech conversations, this one’s for you.