adam noack
I'm Adam. I'm a senior AI/ML engineer at Tide Rock, and I live in San Diego. I've been working in AI for ten years now, and I'm most interested in how it will reshape the world as it moves toward superintelligence.
I also read a lot. Some things I've liked are below.
reading lately
- The shape of the multipolar world is a little clearer / Noahpinion, Nov 2026
- Photonic Computing: The Final AI Hardware Frontier (long QCLS) / Martin’s Newsletter, Nov 2026
- Will AI Prove Piketty Right? / Economic Forces, Nov 2026
- Ozempic and Muscle Mass / Cremieux Recueil, Nov 2026
- Are you finally ready to admit it's the phones? / Noahpinion, Nov 2026
- I expect rapid progress but not towards general superintelligence / Interconnects AI, Nov 2026
- 6 months to live for open models / Interconnects AI, Nov 2026
- AI is dramatically accelerating AI research right now / Planned Obsolescence, Nov 2026
book recommendations
- East of Eden / John Steinbeck
- The Lean Startup / Eric Ries
- Deep Work / Cal Newport
- Breath / James Nestor
- Altered Traits / Daniel Goleman & Richard Davidson
- Unbroken / Laura Hillenbrand
- Alexander the Great
- The Trial / Franz Kafka
- Superintelligence / Nick Bostrom
- A Mind for Numbers / Barbara Oakley
- The Way of Kings / Brandon Sanderson
- Why We Sleep / Matthew Walker
- Endurance / Alfred Lansing
- Thinking, Fast and Slow / Daniel Kahneman
- Works of Love / Søren Kierkegaard
- Tao Te Ching / Lao Tzu
- Meditations / Marcus Aurelius
- 1984 / George Orwell
- Give and Take / Adam Grant
writing
- AI will dramatically improve education / Jan 2023
- How will recent advances in AI affect the average US worker? / Dec 2022
- How to make a Chatbot for your favorite YouTuber / Dec 2022
- Can ChatGPT Pass a Coding Interview? / Dec 2022