Understand the papers behind modern AI.

Deep, interactive explainers. Intuition first, then the math, with figures you can play with, and every claim checked against the source.

Featured explainer

DiffusionBlocks

Train a diffusion model block-by-block, not end-to-end.

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What makes an explainer different

Not a summary. The thing itself.

Intuition before math

One vivid analogy per hard idea, and we say exactly where the analogy breaks.

Figures you can play with

Sliders, play buttons, real interaction. You build the understanding by doing, not by staring at a static diagram.

Verified against the source

Checked against the primary literature. We flag where the paper itself is wrong.

Reads like a human

Written and edited by hand, not generated and dumped. Made to be read for thirty minutes, not skimmed.

The library

The papers worth understanding

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How papers get into the library

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Hand-picked

Seminal and high-impact papers, chosen deliberately.

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Requested & upvoted

Readers submit an arXiv link or upvote what they want explained next.

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Trending on arXiv

We watch what is rising in citations, downloads, and discussion, and explain it while it is current.

The queue

What readers want explained next

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