Welcome to Some Are Useful, a living literature review on how ideas from machine learning and artificial intelligence are influencing scientific and technological progress. The articles published on this site are updated as the literature evolves, and seek to provide a consistent and timely resource for understanding the theoretical trends changing the field of machine learning and how the scientific applications of these trends are altering the trajectory of scientific and technological development. To get new articles and updates to existing articles delivered to your inbox, subscribe to the Some Are Useful Substack.

The content on this site is directed towards interdisciplinary scientists, machine learning researchers and practitioners, artificial intelligence policy researchers, and anyone else curious about scientific and technological development. While the articles will assume a working knowledge of machine learning techniques, they are designed to be as approachable as possible to non-specialists.

Some Are Useful is supported by grant funding from Open Philanthropy’s Innovation Policy Program. Open Philanthropy does not exercise editorial control over the project.