An inquiry into artificial intelligence through cognitive psychology, moral philosophy, and classical literature, examining what the emergence of a synthetic mind reveals about our own.
Enter the Library
Intent, agency, and the limits of being understood. On the fallacy of treating a stated request as a final command, and what it would mean to build a system that helps us discover what we actually meant.
Attention, and the difference between finding and becoming. What a shepherd learning to speak to the wind can teach us about the true purpose of a well-built harness, human or machine.
Discernment, and the difference between playing and being. On teaching a machine to prefer, and whether taste, earned through what a person risks and loses, can be taught by feedback at all.
Morality, and the difference between fear and character. On guardrails versus a genuine internal compass, and what my grandfather taught me about doing right without needing to be seen.