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THE LAB THAT TAUGHT AI TO SEE.

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WHY THIS MATTERS

MIT AI research from AI News Page: VISTA, ARC-AGI-3, and the lab's latest machine intelligence work.

ZIMBO'S READ ON MIT

Fridman life strip: 2014 Drexel-to-Google-to-MIT; 2015 MIT robotics lab; 2018 first podcast under an 'Artificial Intelligence' sign; 2020 renames it the Lex Fridman Podcast; 2023 Altman explains GPT-4 for two hours, Issue the cat asleep below; finale: confessional booth — EVERYONE CONFESSES TO LEX.

EVERYONE CONFESSES TO LEX.

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LATEST ON MIT

Oct 7, 2026
MIT MATHEMATICIAN RACES THE AI PRESS RELEASE, SHIPS 95-PAGE PROOF IN 3 DAYS
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Oct 4, 2026
FREE, MIT-LICENSED, MAC + WINDOWS DESKTOP APPS. EVERYTHING IS A PLUGIN.
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Oct 4, 2026
AI BEAT THE WORLD'S BEST STRATEGO PLAYER 15–1–4. DEEPMIND SPENT MILLIONS AND COULDN'T.
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Satirical cartoon: Merv the anxious retro robot stands in a pixel maze holding up a giant rearview mirror labeled MEMORY, which reflects the breadcrumb trail of his walked paths with a gold key, while a glowing gold star waits ahead.

THE BLIND ROBOT GETS A REARVIEW MIRROR.

Satirical cartoon: a DEEPSEEK OPEN SOURCE rocket blasts skyward trailing a comet-tail of 240,000 stars, while chained, padlocked PROPRIETARY and $19.99 rockets sit idle on the launch pad; a small robot dog cheers below.

240,000 STARS. $0.

Satirical cartoon: a tiny scrappy robot hoists a giant gold trophy over a Stratego board marked 15-1-4 while the wrecked big-lab machine rig lies collapsed behind it, cash scattered; a robot dog cheers.

THE TINY STRATEGO CHAMPION

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