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EPISODE · Feb 17, 2026 · 13 MIN

How a 1960s algorithm just saved AI from chaos

from Shaping Ethical AI (English version)

For years, the AI giants played the same lottery: stack ever more layers, pour in ever more computing power, and hope it holds. Sometimes, after months of training and millions of dollars spent, everything collapsed at once. Without warning. The problem? Nobody really knew why. Then DeepSeek dug out an old algorithm from 1967, forgotten in a dusty mathematics paper. Something that had nothing to do with AI in the first place. Just matrices and geometry. And with it, they succeeded where others were failing. This is not just a technical improvement. It is a complete change of philosophy. Proof that you can do better with less, that intelligence is not just a matter of size, but of architecture. The story of how a 60-year-old algorithm has just reshuffled the cards in the AI race. Find the full transcript of this episode, along with all the sources and plenty more, at: How a 1960s algorithm just saved AI from chaos

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