This was a week of quiet aftermath, an opportunity to process recent events and start to figure out the path forward.
AI #160: What Passes For a Pause
A lot happened, but by today’s standards this felt like a quiet week.
AI #179 Part 2: Hearing The Fire Alarm
This is a continuation of Part 1 from yesterday.
AI #176 Part 1: Doing It Live
Enough things added up that this week is getting split into two parts.
AI #169: New Knowledge
Even in a relatively quiet period, AI is out there creating new knowledge.
Monthly Roundup #45: August 2026
As AI has escalated increasingly quickly, more and more of my posts have ended up focusing on AI.
AI #177 Part 2: Wish You Were Here
As usual, part 2 of the weekly deals with speculative, regulatory, political and alignment questions.
AI #176 Part 2: Plan B
This is part 2 of the weekly, broadly covering speculation, rhetoric and policy, along with alignment research.
AI Dry July: Aborted
Reflections on trying to go a month without AI. I made it two weeks (sort of). 5.2k words, 23 minutes reading time.
AI #158: The Department of War
This was the worst week I have had in quite a while, maybe ever.
AI #177 Part 1: Tip of the Iceberg
This week saw the releases of, among other things:
