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The Machines Are the Only Democracy You Have Left
While the AI safety movement was warning you about paperclips, billionaires started building empires beyond the reach of any law.
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How AGI will DESTROY the ELITES
"A minority class with outsized agenda-setting power" won't mean the same thing anymore
Feb 12
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AI destroyed 200k to 300k jobs in 2025 in the US
I used two different methods, and four different AIs, to help crunch these numbers
Feb 10
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The DEPRESSING reality of AI adoption curves
From Autocomplete to Chatbots and now Agents... the technology curve is way ahead of adoption curves...
Feb 9
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What's the difference between a chatbot and an agent?
And why the difference is less than you think, but also stranger than you might realize
Feb 5
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Taking the "AI Personhood" Debate Seriously
Does this GPU have a soul?
Feb 2
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Moltbook: The Good, The Bad, and the FUTURE
The Swarm has arrived!
Feb 1
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Why AI is slowing down in 2026
The expected (an unexpected) friction that is bogging down AI progress
Jan 29
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