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Why You Should Never Ask a Biologist How to Cross the Road
Why You Should Never Ask a Biologist How to Cross the Road
Freedom Preetham
Jul 10
Hey VCs, Your Outdated AI Investment Strategy Will Cost You and the Ecosystem Dearly
Hey VCs, Your Outdated AI Investment Strategy Will Cost You and the Ecosystem Dearly
Freedom Preetham
Jul 3
The Paradox of PhD Skepticism: A Double-Edged Sword for Innovation
The Paradox of PhD Skepticism: A Double-Edged Sword for Innovation
Over the past 25 years of my career, including 15 years in executive and technical leadership, I have interviewed, hired, mentored, and…
Freedom Preetham
Jun 25
EU’s Actions Threaten Innovation: A Wake-Up Call for the Open Web
EU’s Actions Threaten Innovation: A Wake-Up Call for the Open Web
The recent demands by Danish media outlets for Common Crawl to stop archiving their content mark a pivotal moment. Here is an article that…
Freedom Preetham
Jun 14
Mistaking the Finger for the Moon — Urgent Need for Rigor in ML Engineering.
Mistaking the Finger for the Moon — Urgent Need for Rigor in ML Engineering.
I am increasingly worried about the current crop of applied ML engineers and their apparent lack of problem-solving rigor. This rigor…
Freedom Preetham
Jun 1
Foundational Model AI Startups Are Not For The Faint Hearted
Foundational Model AI Startups Are Not For The Faint Hearted
Starting a foundational AI startup is a vastly different endeavor compared to leveraging platforms like OpenAI or Anthropic with their…
Freedom Preetham
May 17
Solving Complex Diseases at the Source Code Level
Solving Complex Diseases at the Source Code Level
If you have a bug in the user interface of a software system, do you look for fixing the problem in the manifested UI on millions of…
Freedom Preetham
May 6
Focusing on Leadership Alone Leads to Failures and Dead-Ends.
Focusing on Leadership Alone Leads to Failures and Dead-Ends.
A significant portion of management training and general education focuses on “Leadership Training” and the essence of such leadership…
Freedom Preetham
May 2
Product Management Will Be Taken Over By AI in 5 years
Product Management Will Be Taken Over By AI in 5 years
Product management jobs will be gone in less than 5 years! Yes, that’s the prediction.
Freedom Preetham
Feb 1
The Most Accurate and Amazing AI Predictions of 2024
The Most Accurate and Amazing AI Predictions of 2024
Why haven’t you made any 2024 predictions for AI yet?
Freedom Preetham
Jan 7
The Nordic Model is Not A Socialist Model, It is Capitalist.
The Nordic Model is Not A Socialist Model, It is Capitalist.
The Nordic countries — Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland — are frequently cited in discussions on socialism, but this representation is…
Freedom Preetham
Jan 6
Part 3 — Capitalism in the Age of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Part 3 — Capitalism in the Age of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
As we teeter on the brink of the AGI era, a profound contemplation of a compatible and thriving variant of capitalism becomes…
Freedom Preetham
Jan 5
Part 2 — Capitalism in the Contemporary World: Types and Nuances
Part 2 — Capitalism in the Contemporary World: Types and Nuances
In this second part of the exploration, we delve into the intricate and diverse landscape of contemporary capitalism, an economic system…
Freedom Preetham
Jan 5
Part 1 — Capitalism and Human Welfare: History, Profit, Ethics
Part 1 — Capitalism and Human Welfare: History, Profit, Ethics
Capitalism’s journey through history is a complex narrative interwoven with economic theories, technological advancements, and ethical…
Freedom Preetham
Jan 5
The Singular Defining Trait of a Successful Engineer
The Singular Defining Trait of a Successful Engineer
I have interviewed thousands of engineers in my lifetime, worked with hundreds of them and have built teams who would go above and beyond…
Freedom Preetham
Jan 4
Traditional Indian Warrior Fitness
Traditional Indian Warrior Fitness
In the wake of completing my 12th grade, I found myself captivated by an extraordinary form of strength training prevalent in my hometown…
Freedom Preetham
Jan 4
My 2024 Resolutions — Sagacity and Vigilance
My 2024 Resolutions — Sagacity and Vigilance
In the past, I focused on rebuilding my core, which started in 2019, and made modifications to my inner source code, finding it…
Freedom Preetham
Jan 1
A Rig Vedic Account Of How The Universe Was Created
A Rig Vedic Account Of How The Universe Was Created
Freedom Preetham
Dec 30, 2023
Navigating Gender Identity, Biological Sex, Fairness and Social Justice in Elite Sports
Navigating Gender Identity, Biological Sex, Fairness and Social Justice in Elite Sports
Freedom Preetham
Dec 24, 2023
Lessons from the Manhattan Project for the Age of AGI
Lessons from the Manhattan Project for the Age of AGI
In the history of scientific achievement, there are few endeavors that have been as consequential and ethically complex as the Manhattan…
Freedom Preetham
Dec 18, 2023
Introspections on Success Beyond Titles and Trophies
Introspections on Success Beyond Titles and Trophies
Every single time I am introduced by someone as ‘Meet Freedom, he is an AI expert, a math genius with a quantum physics background, and is…
Freedom Preetham
Dec 10, 2023
The Ethical Odyssey of Free Speech in America
The Ethical Odyssey of Free Speech in America
In light of the recent turmoil witnessed in the Ivy Leagues, where the presidents of these schools equivocated on a simple question —…
Freedom Preetham
Dec 10, 2023
A Crisis of Conscience at Ivy Leagues: Genocide is “Context Dependent”
A Crisis of Conscience at Ivy Leagues: Genocide is “Context Dependent”
Freedom Preetham
Dec 9, 2023
The Misrepresented Environmental Impact of AI: Separating Fact from Fiction
The Misrepresented Environmental Impact of AI: Separating Fact from Fiction
Freedom Preetham
Dec 6, 2023
Don Reed’s East 14th St
Don Reed’s East 14th St
Freedom Preetham
Dec 3, 2023
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