Observe · Evaluate · Act · Become

Essays & ideas

Writing on intelligence, alignment, democracy and the ways we learn to live together.

9 essays

Conceptual essay · 4 min read

From recognizing patterns to constructing the right representation for a problem. Five lenses on how AI can learn, generalize and adapt.

Argument · 4 min read

Why alignment may depend on how intelligence is organized, and how it learns what matters under pressure.

Archive essay · 18 min read

When AI shapes both products and consumer preferences, who steers the feedback loop? An essay written at Desifer in 2023.

Essay · 5 min read

An argument for seeing ourselves through the relationships, communities and institutions that make shared agency possible.

Commentary · 2 min read

Inclusion, trust and information flow are conditions for collective judgment. What happens when the connections break?

Reflection · 3 min read

A reflection on learning, the Hero’s Journey, and finding a livable course between rigidity and collapse.

Working principles · 2 min read

Ten proposed design principles for boundaries, curiosity, coordination and adaptation across scales.

Strategic hypothesis · 3 min read

A cybernetic reading of cloud and edge AI: which decisions belong locally, and which need coordination?

Thought experiment · 4 min read

A speculative argument about learning, complexity and humanity’s possible role in a world of superintelligence.