Moneyballocracy
https://aiascendant.com/p/moneyballocracy
Published: December 22, 2025 21:00
"Predictions are hard, especially about the future" - Neils Bohr, possibly apocryphally
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Of Agents and Agency
https://aiascendant.com/p/of-agents-and-agency
Published: November 30, 2025 23:20
AI can't just do things (yet.)
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
https://aiascendant.com/p/bubble-bubble-toil-and-trouble
Published: October 7, 2025 15:45
GPUs burn and valuations double
Why 95% of AI Commentary Fails
https://aiascendant.com/p/why-95-of-ai-commentary-fails
Published: September 2, 2025 15:45
In which I actually read the paper everyone is talking about.
Walter and other stories
https://aiascendant.com/p/walter-and-other-stories
Published: August 26, 2025 15:46
An August grab bag of delights. Well, divertissements.
Where Is Your AI God Now?
https://aiascendant.com/p/where-is-your-ai-god-now
Published: July 1, 2025 15:45
Come on, Mary, don't fear the AI reaper.
Here Come The Drones
https://aiascendant.com/p/here-come-the-drones
Published: June 25, 2025 15:45
Little darling, I see a disconcerting future.
Join The Enthusiasts!
https://aiascendant.com/p/join-the-enthusiasts
Published: May 27, 2025 15:45
It's never too late to join us, but join us before it's too late.
2,000 Years of AI Doom
https://aiascendant.com/p/2000-years-of-ai-doom
Published: April 29, 2025 15:15
The last two thousand, not the next two thousand, to be clear.
Freaky Tales and Johnny Canuck
https://aiascendant.com/p/freaky-tales-and-johnny-canuck
Published: April 16, 2025 15:45
and the Splendor and Misery of Seeking, of Scarcity
AI is Worse Is Better
https://aiascendant.com/p/ai-is-worse-is-better
Published: March 31, 2025 14:55
And for better or worse, Worse Is Better wins.
The interview is dead, long live the interview
https://aiascendant.com/p/the-interview-is-dead-long-live-the
Published: March 18, 2025 15:45
Perhaps my most wildly implausible sci-fi concept yet: what if everyone didn't hate the hiring process?
Reinforcement, evolution, and automata
https://aiascendant.com/p/reinforcement-evolution-and-automata
Published: February 26, 2025 16:46
One must imagine Sisyphus rewarded.
Reflections on Exadelic
https://aiascendant.com/p/reflections-on-exadelic
Published: February 11, 2025 16:45
Guess who's back, back in paper.
Return of the Zizians
https://aiascendant.com/p/return-of-the-zizians
Published: January 30, 2025 16:45
When I promised to write about "AI weirdness," this wasn't really what I had in mind.
What Is AGI?
https://aiascendant.com/p/what-is-agi
Published: January 20, 2025 16:45
This is my definition. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Everything AI Is Old Is New Again
https://aiascendant.com/p/everything-ai-is-old-is-new-again
Published: January 7, 2025 16:45
Corporate lessons from yesteryear.
Anthropological Intelligence
https://aiascendant.com/p/anthropological-intelligence
Published: December 30, 2024 16:45
The dirty secret of most tech startups is that they are not actually tech startups.
Inconsistency as a service
https://aiascendant.com/p/inconsistency-as-a-service
Published: December 10, 2024 16:46
LLMs are far from the first technology prone to frequent unpredictable errors.
Agentic
https://aiascendant.com/p/agentic
Published: December 3, 2024 16:45
Everything is amazing, and everyone is furious.