Attention is all you have
The gist
A blog post titled "Attention is all you have" was published on Sep 21, 2026.
It argues sustained focus shapes thoughts, so screen control means mind control.
How it unfolded
- 2017The research paper "Attention Is All You Need" is published; Aidan Gomez is a co-author.
- Sep 15, 2026CNBC Africa reports AI pioneers from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind sounding the alarm over potentially catastrophic AI risks in the past week.
- Sep 18, 2026CNBC publishes a report on whether China's AI progress is down to "distillation," quoting Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez.