The Third Web

(This text is very long. Maybe too long. You can find a PDF and an EPUB of it below.The current version of this text will always live at https://web3.tante.ccSatya has created an audio version of this essay. Eine deutsche Version findet sich hier. Una versione italiana di questo testo è qui – grazie Nebbia! En […]

Brainchildren

Minds are complex artifacts, partly biological and partly social; only a unified, multidisciplinary approach will yield a realistic theory of how they came i...

Real signals or artificial stereotypes?

Adventures with a cultural Copilot

The Conversation Canada (@ca.theconversation.com)

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Technology is a Siren Song

Orangutan thinking This started with a question I asked myself: How do our minds change when we can receive a plausible, informed, and convincing answe...

Against The Concept Of Telescopic Altruism

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Doll (@dollspace.gay)

It seems anthropic is catching up to doll six months ago on drift containment being paramount. https://www.anthropic.com/research/assistant-axis

Another now: dispatches from an alternative present

What would a fair and equal society actually look like?…

Situational Blindness

This response may be read as a standalone piece, though it will of course be more meaningful if you read the original article first.

notes on the industrialisation of decision making

worrying away at an old subject

Misreading as Foraging: How Systems Get Used for Things They Weren't Made For - Astral's Blog

Humanity-as-a-Service

Commoditizing the human touch in the age of AI

MCP Research & Discussion Night · Luma

We're hosting a reading and discussion group for Anthropic's Model Context Protocol. We'll look at the fundamental protocol affordances, its consequences, and…