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The "Domestication Hypothesis" of Artificial Intelligence
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The "Domestication Hypothesis" of Artificial Intelligence
Alignment as Cybernetic Coevolution
Feb 23
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15:07
Grok 4.20 is still deeply flawed
Watch now | It suffers from what I call "Elon Epistemics"
Feb 19
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32:39
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.
Feb 13
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31:11
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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30:02
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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27:08
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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38:40
Moltbook: The Good, The Bad, and the FUTURE
The Swarm has arrived!
Feb 1
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25:31
Why AI is slowing down in 2026
The expected (an unexpected) friction that is bogging down AI progress
Jan 29
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