Tag: philosophy
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2026 October 19
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The Only Conscious Caretaker
Dropping razor blades down a wall cavity and letting autonomous agents merge uninspected code share the same fantasy: that unobserved spaces have no consequences. Adulthood is realizing caretaking is still on you. [ ... 1697 words ... ]
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2026 September 27
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Pragmatic Anthropomorphism, or: How to Talk to an Autocompleting Cricket
Arguing over whether LLMs "truly understand" or have an inner spark misses what's actually useful when sitting in front of one. Treating an AI as a competent collaborator isn't magical thinking or naive anthropomorphism—it's pragmatic navigation of a vast latent space. Sometimes you have to suspend disbelief, show some objective respect, and let the alien eat its own spilled guts in peace. [ ... 2320 words ... ]