LLMs and self-referentiality
I woke up yesterday with the following thoughts, which are probably either obvious or dumb. A central thesis that many readers, including me, took from Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel Escher Bach when y…
Joshua Achiam on Twitter / X
There is a fact about the future that I feel many people are not facing for reasons that are largely psychological: there are going to be rogue AIs that exist in the world, that will replicate in the wild, and that will attempt to acquire resources for themselves. There will be…— Joshua Achiam (@jachiam0) September 1, 2026
LLMs and self-referentiality
I woke up yesterday with the following thoughts, which are probably either obvious or dumb. A central thesis that many readers, including me, took from Douglas Hofstadter’s Gödel Escher Bach when y…
What we want is a hunter gatherer lifestyle with space age tools
Those who are convinced that there is more to things spend their time chasing it and not finding it often as not, and those who are convinced there isn't find themselves frustrated at the abyss.
Robot startups are trying everything they can think of to get more data
Free apartment cleanings, exoskeletons, 100 robots in a warehouse...
Federating friendly spaces - Roomy
hearkening back to the cozy vibes of old-web neighborhoods
An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment
An interview with OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman about the history of OpenAI, Astra and alignment, and the weight of building the future.
VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
I know, it's tempting to think of Trump as a cause, rather than an effect – as an aberration who dragged America into fascism. Trump is exceptional, but the thing that makes him exceptional isn't his corruption, recklessness or cruelty. What makes Trump exceptional is his ability to cajole, intimidate and flatter America's most corrupt, reckless and cruel people into a coalition.
Spaces as Layers - Nick's Blog
Public anchor records paired with sidecar records in permissioned spaces give ATProtocol apps a composable pattern for blending open discoverability with controlled access.
Cosmik Updates: August 2026 - Cosmik Labs
Atmosphere apps, organizing. Also, a new ecosystem map for ATScience and new additions to Semble - onboarding flow, browser extension and new Connection types.
A Tale of Two Johns
John Temu stuns in new job, John Galliano shunned by Met donors.
Walter Mitty Effects in AI Incident Analyses
Metanarrative pathologies in the OpenAI-HF incident
The Hugging Face attack was worse than we thought
The AI industry is begging for a slowdown. Maybe we should listen?
AI safety and the data center backlash
Planting a flag for AI safety as a place where we won’t abjectly bullshit you
Why humanoid robots won’t catch up to human workers any time soon
A deep dive into the current state of humanoid robotics.
HuggingFace Attack Postmortem: Civilizations, Reactions and Next Actions
Okay, so we who read blogs like this one have collectively realized there really is a lot going on right now.
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