Silica PlantLooking one step deeper into the world.https://silicaplant.net/enNYT v. OpenAI: Does AI Understand, or Does It Store?https://silicaplant.net/en/technology/nyt-vs-openai/https://silicaplant.net/en/technology/nyt-vs-openai/A look at the NYT v. OpenAI copyright lawsuit through the lens of a deeper question: does AI understand information, or just store it?Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTLanguage Is Not the Same as Thoughthttps://silicaplant.net/en/technology/language-and-thought/https://silicaplant.net/en/technology/language-and-thought/Neuroscience evidence that language and thought are not the same — and what that implies for the limits of large language models.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Devil Wears Prada 2: Trying to Name What Stays, Left Only With What Changedhttps://silicaplant.net/en/film/devil-wears-prada-2/https://silicaplant.net/en/film/devil-wears-prada-2/Twenty years later, a sequel arrives — but the world it's describing has quietly become unrecognizable.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTLLMs Can't Forget — And That's Why DRAM Prices Are Explodinghttps://silicaplant.net/en/technology/dram-crunch-llm-memory/https://silicaplant.net/en/technology/dram-crunch-llm-memory/How the memory-hungry nature of large language models is driving a surge in DRAM demand and pushing prices higher.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWonder Man: A Fake's Most Honest Finalehttps://silicaplant.net/en/film/wonderman/https://silicaplant.net/en/film/wonderman/The MCU series Wonder Man gives an aging actor the quietest, most honest superpower in the franchise.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWill LLMs Eventually Be Capable of Reasoning?https://silicaplant.net/en/technology/llm-reasoning-mirror-or-engine/https://silicaplant.net/en/technology/llm-reasoning-mirror-or-engine/Examining whether next-token prediction can ever cross into genuine logical reasoning, and the thresholds it keeps running into.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTSapiens: A Graphic Historyhttps://silicaplant.net/en/books/sapiens-graphic-history/https://silicaplant.net/en/books/sapiens-graphic-history/How the graphic adaptation of Sapiens translates big-history insights into something genuinely readable and even funny.Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTI Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokkihttps://silicaplant.net/en/books/tteokbokki/https://silicaplant.net/en/books/tteokbokki/A reflection on a book about self-loathing and depression, and what it asks of us as a society.Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTEverything Everywhere All at Oncehttps://silicaplant.net/en/film/everythingeverywhereallatonce/https://silicaplant.net/en/film/everythingeverywhereallatonce/On what the film chooses to say with silence at its loudest, most multiverse-spanning moment.Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy Working Professionals Need to Study Prompt Engineeringhttps://silicaplant.net/en/technology/prompt-engineering-for-managers/https://silicaplant.net/en/technology/prompt-engineering-for-managers/Why prompt engineering is more than an AI skill — and how it trains the kind of clear communication that every working professional needs.Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Truman Show: What Lies and Control Steal From Ushttps://silicaplant.net/en/film/trumanshow/https://silicaplant.net/en/film/trumanshow/Through The Truman Show, a look at what freedom and humanity cost when the world is built on control.Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT