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Interactive infographics and visual explainers — distilling complex questions in AI, energy, quantum computing, and complex systems into something you can explore for yourself.

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Interactive slider: energy per query rising as tokens generated increase Interactive

#AI · #Energy · #Compute

Capability Requires Energy

How per-query energy scales with the number of tokens a model generates — and why reasoning models' hidden chain-of-thought can cost many times a direct answer. Drag the slider and see where real models land on a log scale.

Open Infographic Chain-of-thought feedback loops animation Animated

#AI · #Reasoning · #Energy

Chain-of-Thought: Two Feedback Loops

Reasoning models think in a hidden loop, wrapped in a loop with you — and every revise pass makes the compute and energy compound.

Open Infographic Capability versus energy scatter animation Animated

#AI · #Capability · #Energy

Chain-of-Thought vs Other Approaches

Capability rises with the energy each query burns — see where direct answers, retrieval and reasoning land, and who spans all three.

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