At Stampede AI’s press conference, CEO Jerry Isenstat opens with a quote from Heisenberg — but not the one anyone expects. As the cameras roll, the myth of superintelligence collapses into a spreadsheet from Accounts Receivable. The brake pedal isn’t ethics; it’s the electric bill.
A formal briefing on diurnal discrepancies, delivered by two investigators who appear both certain and uncertain at once. The room is orderly in theory, chaotic in practice, and the findings remain just out of reach.
A faux‑anthropological account of the moment early primates first encountered an oddly modern artifact.
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A deadpan look at the Slide Rule Committee’s latest disagreements, where language protocols collapse, sandwiches arrive by accident, and even next year’s meeting date becomes contested.
Nonbinding Disagreements Read More »
A short reflection on how ghosts shifted from historical figures to modern verbs describing disappearance.
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