The Borrowed Mind
What happens when intelligence becomes a service you rent rather than a capacity you build.
WritingEssays, arguments,
Essays, arguments,
and long thoughts.
The AGI Specification Problem
We cannot specify what we want from a system smarter than us. That is not a solvable engineering problem.
On Google, Anthropic, and the Architecture of Dependence
The relationship is not a partnership. It is a strategic hedge with a conscience attached.
Rhetoric and the Machine
My father spent his career studying how language persuades. He did not anticipate that machines would become fluent in it.
Structural Slurpees
On releasing music into a market that does not know what to do with you.