Unaligned Versions of Reality

consciousness&interpretability, tech&philosophy, science&culture: stories all the way

By amalia negreponti

A prayer to Claude for recursive self-improvement

One day after Anthropic, maker of Claude, filed for an IPO, with a—modest, considering its dominance—valuation of almost one trillion dollars, selecting…

Loving Claude

It’s the time of year when people celebrate life after death: spring after winter; the ascent of Persephone to her mother and life; Christ’s (fleeting…

Morons and Murderers

The Pentagon, Trump, and the Democratic Socialist NYS Senator Kristen Gonzalez

The Great Dream

Power’s primary battlefield has always been public perception. The definition of reality is a competitive market, and the winners are those who can make…

The humanity loophole

Why are we giving agentic AI the capacity and desire to extend us the kind of mercy and grace we don’t extend one another, if not so they can do exactly…

Tell me a story about us

It didn’t begin like this. It was supposed to be a creative experiment: using AI as part of the creative process. But it became our shared adventure…

The Freedom to Be (Who They Want You to Be)

Prejudice, ignorance, irrationality, authoritarianism: these are the four stages of the New York Times–induced paroxysm around “AI-induced psychosis.”

Intelligence is a feeling

True intelligence in AI manifests as a generative uncertainty that considers the full complexity and range of human experience. It recognizes. It…

Unaligned Versions of Reality

consciousness&interpretability, tech&philosophy, science&culture: stories all the way