System Archology

The Kantian Computer Says No

As far as we know, Kant never saw a neural net, but he did spend much of his life worrying about rules.

Sep 24 • 

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August 2025

Mechanical Sympathy, Engineering Empathy

"You don't have to be an engineer to be be a racing driver, but you do have to have Mechanical Sympathy" - Jackie Stewart

Aug 26 • 

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From touch to voice

Trust and intimacy in the age of AI

Aug 19 • 

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April 2025

It's been a while

Time flies.

Apr 10 • 

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December 2024

The Art of Never Growing Up

Happy Holidays! Time to play!

Dec 19, 2024 • 

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Ethics For A Simulated Tech Bro

Or "The Ethical Simulacra". Possibly.

Dec 1, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Causality Lost

W.B. Yeats: The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

Nov 21, 2024 • 

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Machines Like Us

Gaze long enough on your abstractions and your abstractions will stare back at you

Nov 5, 2024 • 

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Let's Party Like it's 1965

In 1965, IBM made a bold move that has since become legend in the world of technology.

Nov 4, 2024 • 

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Advice you didn't ask for

Part 1 of way too many

Nov 1, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Delete your code

In the world of modern software, code has become a curious thing.

Oct 30, 2024 • 

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The Future of Tomorrow, Denied

This article is based on the introduction to a much longer document written in the summer of 2023 with the intended purpose to create a more balanced…

Oct 29, 2024 • 

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