Ed Chi on machine dreaming, and a vibe shift at Berkeley

August 2025, the Agentic AI Summit at UC Berkeley, the middle stop of nine days and three towns. A sidebar with Ed H. Chi of Google DeepMind on why models dream, the inductive-deductive divide, and why both sectors got to the same idea at the same time.

The Trillion Parameter Consortium, and a Vibe Shift

National-lab researchers working out how AI might not just assist large-scale physical science but autonomously conduct it. Santa Clara, July 2025, the first of three towns in nine days.