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Enlightenment Aliens
Revisiting the plurality of worlds
Sep 16 • 
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Sorcerer and cell
AI Histories #18: The Lighthill report
Sep 11 • 
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The shock that opens the question
Rotation and renewal in algorithmic culture
Sep 2 • 
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August 2025

Father figures
AI Histories #17: McCullough and Pitts' experimental epistemology
Aug 28 • 
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Joining the Cosmos Institute
A personal update and what it means for the blog
Aug 19 • 
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Unnatural Selection
AI Histories #16: Ronald Fisher, statistics, and genetics
Aug 14 • 
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The beast in the woods
On progress, prophecy, and determinism
Aug 12 • 
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A Mysterious Science
AI Histories #15: The Dartmouth Summer Research Project
Aug 7 • 
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Weighed, measured, and found wanting
You're telling me an AI aligned these values?
Aug 5 • 
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July 2025

If you can't stand the heat
AI Histories #14: Boltzmann machines
Jul 31 • 
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AI will make personality hires of us all
Introducing the vibes premium
Jul 29 • 
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The Turing test doesn’t measure intelligence
AI Histories #13: The genesis of the imitation game
Jul 24 • 
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