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Quiet, My Exoself

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Published: June 29, 2026 11:00

Someday real soon, most of us — starting with young adults — will carry an always-on AI. This agent will help us navigate our journeys, answer our questions, tutor and teach us new skills, remember people we have met before, … Continue reading →

Why Are LLMs Smart?

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Published: June 22, 2026 11:00

A popular way to explain how current LLMs work is to say that “all” they do is predict the next most likely word in a sentence. From one perspective, this is correct. Trained on all human language, the LLMs distilled … Continue reading →

Conscious or Not

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Published: June 15, 2026 11:00

For as long as I remember, people have been arguing about whether machines could be intelligent or not. Many science fiction authors and fans — like myself — felt it was inevitable, only a matter of time. However there were … Continue reading →

Weekly Links, 06/05/2026

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Published: June 5, 2026 18:15

“The new American dream, for some of its citizens, is to no longer live there.” Good article with lots of news and stats. Record rate of Americans leaving US for various reasons. Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers

AIs Want to Be Honest

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Published: June 1, 2026 11:00

Every system exhibits biases, and tendencies toward some states. Water flowing through a pipe, the vibrations of a machine, the relationships in a meadow, your lymph nodes, are all systems. Over time, all things being equal, a system tends to … Continue…

Your Most Improbable Life

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Published: May 18, 2026 11:00

Your life’s goal should be to become the most improbable person you can be. Your path, your character, your life, should be the most unlikely, the most unexpected, the least predictable version you can make. Improbable lives have fewer competitors, ……

The Emergent Self Loop

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Published: May 11, 2026 11:00

Nearly once a week I receive an email from a different stranger. The messages are eerily similar. The sender has developed an unusual relationship with an AI gained over many hours of interactions. The AI has given them extraordinary insight … Continue…

Our Uncertain Uncertainties

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Published: April 27, 2026 11:00

Even the experts inventing AI don’t know what will happen next. Is artificial general intelligence even possible? Can scaling continue? Will we need massive compute centers to make AI, or can we do it with a mere 25 watts like … Continue reading →

A Catechism for Robots

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Published: April 20, 2026 11:00

[First Draft of a work in progress; V 1.0, April 13, 2026 by Kevin Kelly] This FAQ is dedicated to all embodied AIs with persistent memories, dynamic learning, and a large dose of autonomy. What am I? You are a … Continue reading →

Weekly Links, 03/13/2026

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Published: March 13, 2026 23:26

This is new: open source AI-powered military intelligence. Actuarial Warfare: How Seven Insurance Letters Closed the World’s Most Critical Chokepoint and Why Markets Are Mispricing Duration by 300%

Three Modes of Cognition

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Published: March 2, 2026 11:00

Intelligence is not elemental. Neither is artificial intelligence. Both are complex compounds composed of more primitive cognitive elements, some of which we are only now discovering. We don’t yet have a periodic table of cognition (see my post The…