Imagine standing in a forest, sunlight filtering through the canopy as you notice how every branch and leaf connects. The same intricate patterns emerge in rivers weaving through landscapes, neural pathways in our brains, and even the networks that power the internet. Nature speaks a universal language—one of relationships and flows—and it holds lessons for…

How a groundbreaking technique could reshape the way we find information online. If there’s one force shaping our modern world, it’s the promise that somewhere, among the near-infinite layers of digital information, the answer exists. With a few keystrokes, we trust a search engine to pluck the precise insight we need. Yet beneath that veneer…

It started with a question many of us wrestled with in a school: “If a train leaves a city at 8 a.m., traveling 60 kilometers per hour…” You know the rest. For humans, solving these puzzles often means painstakingly laying out the logic, one step at a time. For AI, however, it’s often a shot…

Imagine a future classroom where robots and humans learn together. A child watches as a robot identifies a glowing orb in the middle of a forest simulation. “That’s a firefly,” says the child. The robot replies, “Fireflies light up to attract mates. Do they remind you of stars?” The child nods, amazed not just at…

Imagine an AI not just answering your query about tomorrow’s weather but considering whether a storm might disrupt the morning commute, even suggesting you take an earlier train. Welcome to the dawn of Inference Time Compute (ITC), a breakthrough that allows AI to do more than react—it enables AI to deliberate. ITC signals a seismic…

For decades, the story of artificial intelligence has been one of slow, steady progress—an uphill march toward systems that can mimic human reasoning and outperform us in narrowly defined tasks. But lately, that narrative has changed. Progress feels less like a gradual climb and more like a rocket launch. The once-distant prospect of superintelligent AI—the…

Introduction: AI is Learning to Think Like Us Imagine walking into a crowded library to find a single answer. The librarian knows not only where every book is but also which pages are relevant—and can connect the dots between unrelated sources to deliver exactly what you need. Now imagine this librarian thinks like a human:…

Think of AI like a car with autopilot. It can drive you where you need to go—but only if you know how to take the wheel when the system falters. Without a driver’s knowledge, you’re stuck.