Armen Berjikly’s Substack

Deep dives into the intersection of technology, investing, and real life.

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The Death of Dieting: Why Chemistry will Beat Character, and Vice Empires will Collapse

A new study just demolished the biggest myth in weight loss.

Aug 26, 2025•Armen Berjikly

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Yes, you should still major in Computer Science

Everyone’s telling kids not to major in Computer Science. They're dead wrong.

Jul 29, 2025•Armen Berjikly

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The Off Switch Was Always There

The most powerful AI model ever built was one day in our hands, and the next day gone. It reminds us that borrowed intelligence is still borrowed.

Jun 16•Armen Berjikly

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You Weren't Replaced by AI. You Were Replaced by a CEO Who Finally Had an Excuse.

How you can survive and thrive in the coming layoff tidal wave that isn't about AI, but an open secret every boss learned in their first group project.

Mar 4•Armen Berjikly

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We’re All Dating ChatGPT Now

You think you’re texting a person? You’re actually texting a person*-ish*.

Sep 30, 2025•Armen Berjikly

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Superintelligence, Sold Separately

The tools were the great equalizer. That era ended yesterday.

Jun 10•Armen Berjikly

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When AI Grows Hands

Throughout human history, technology development accelerated. But it's never been able to improve itself. That may change, very soon.

Jun 5•Armen Berjikly

Still So Early

Better models arriving faster every month, the machinery underneath them rebuilt from the chips up, capabilities nobody planned for. We are not late to…

Jun 2•Armen Berjikly

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The Know-It-All Beats the Genius

An 80-year-old math conjecture fell to AI yesterday, but not to an expert. Instead, it was solved by a generalist that read everything and was loyal to…

May 21•Armen Berjikly

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The Rise of Destination Trick-or-Treating, and the Death of the Neighborhood

How our drive for safety and efficiency cost us the one night a year designed for community-buiding

Nov 5, 2025•Armen Berjikly

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Not Everything Should Scale

A handmade souvenir from rural Armenia makes me question everything Silicon Valley teaches about optimization

Aug 20, 2025•Armen Berjikly

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The Friend Who Remembers Everything

The uncanny valley of AI memory is the next billion-dollar AI battleground, and many startups are walking into a buzzsaw.

Jul 17, 2025•Armen Berjikly

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Armen Berjikly’s Substack

Deep dives into the intersection of technology, investing, and real life.