Notes on Patronage
If you are reading this post, odds are you are not actually someone who would…
Category: Opinion
5 thought experiments on identity and copies
1 Organ shipment for brainSuppose your brain is carefully chopped in 4 pieces, cooled to…
Claude the romance novelist
My (human) friend is a romance novelist and former developer for a AAA gaming company.…
(Re)introduction of a rationalist dragon, and clarifications on Ziz’s character
Hello.This is both a (re)introduction post and an attempt to tell the story of my…
Community misconduct disputes are not about facts
In criminal law, the prosecution and the defense each try to establish a timeline —…
Trained steering vectors may work as activation oracles
Inspired by @Eriskii's recent finding that trained steering vectors can teach a base model to…
Shots Fired in the Third War of Priors
The First War of Priors was between the Aristotelians, who combined sensory experience with intellect, and the…
Why no new notations since 1960?
Writing consists of language and also notations, systems of marks that communicate meaning in a…
Research Log: Monet/PEER sparse experts
I've been looking into the Monet/PEER sparse expert papers. I think there's a lot of…
Announcing Progress Conference 2026
Announcing the third annual Progress Conference! The pace of technological change feels faster this year, and…