We believe we are still at the beginning of the opportunity to broaden access with the most critical implications ahead of us. As a result, we decided to revise our thesis into…
Thoughts about the Leiden Declaration
Last September I went to a workshop at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden to discuss mathematics and AI with historians, philosophers, computer scientists, AI researchers, and mathematicians of several d…
On AI and building your own GIS software
Of the thousands of essays over the past two years surrounding AI and its implications are some very thought provoking ones with enormous implications for GIS. Some of the essays are around the the…
A Manifesto for a Future Philosophy (guest post) - Daily Nous
“This project of re-envisaging, looking at past ideas, and developing new ones to deal with our difficult situation will take the work of many people…” […]
Request for Proposals: The Launch Sequence | IFP
Apply to our rolling effort to find, scope, and build the most important projects to prepare the world for advanced AI
The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (v2.0, 2025)
POSI version 2.0 released October 2025 The POSI Adopters reviewed the version 1.1 principles and consulted with the community to create version 2.0, released in October 2025. The new/always-current …
The Information Pathology
November 2018 When I write, my aim is to learn more about a subject, to start conversations, and to serve as a point of departure for further exploration (rather than a point of reference or conclu…
Import AI 453: Breaking AI agents; MirrorCode; and ten views on gradual disempowerment
Was fire equivalent to a singularity for people at the time?
Convivial Computing
In 1973, Ivan Illich published Tools for Conviviality, a book about man's relation to tools 1. Illich pleaded for a pluralism of responsibly limited tools that guarantee an individual’s right to work with independent efficiency, the development of which is "as unpredictable, creative and lively as the people who use them" (Illich, 1973) 2. He pointed to overgrowth and overproduction threatening the right to a liveable environment, which unfortunately led him to ideas on gender and population control that are highly problematic 3. His ideas are included in the Catalog because of their influence on other practices, that picked up on his ideas about limited tools and turned a blind eye to the less appealing parts of his writing.
annotations: Les aspects structurels des inégalités
Traduction française du billet de blog "Inequality: the structural aspects" de Branko Milanovic
Opensocial.community proposal
Hey folks! This is an opinionated proposal I put together for the community WG. Still a few open questions/uncertainties that I list at the ned. Check it out here: opensocial communities proposal - Google Docs Feel free to comment here or we can chat more in the next WG meeting.
Import AI 463: Self-improving robots; a 10k Chinese GPU cluster; and an elegiac essay for the human era
What eras bookend our interregnum?
Matt Darling (@besttrousers)
“Darling’s thesis is the first compelling explanation I’ve seen for the vibecession…What surprises me, though, is how comparatively little attention this theory has gotten”. I am being silenced.
What AI Really Does for Us
Permacomputing Projects
This is a collection of projects that: - were made following permacomputing practices - were made in order to further the state of the permacomputing ecosystem
The downside of robot solutionism
The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.
Welcome [Savannah]
The Solar Grid
Radiant Computer
Log
Femke Snelting – creating commons
History of Anarchaserver and Feminists Servers visit this section - Anarchaserver