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MULTIPLAYER: Abdul El-Sayed and the 50/50

MULTIPLAYER: Abdul El-Sayed and the 50/50

The public has acquired an AI company, a regulator, a dividend, a scientific board, a treaty proposal, and a kill switch. Modal Path Ethics has some questions about the exits.
Aidan Lawson 15 Oct 2026
Russell T Davies and the Writer Who Was Always There

Russell T Davies and the Writer Who Was Always There

The writer did not disappear.
Aidan Lawson 15 Oct 2026
IGN Has Mistaken a Cool Crocodile for an Argument

IGN Has Mistaken a Cool Crocodile for an Argument

The human can still write the catchphrase, direct the actor, and make the crocodile faster. Artificial intelligence has not confiscated the controls.
Aidan Lawson 14 Oct 2026
Applied Case: Claude Saw Someone Matching the Description

Applied Case: Claude Saw Someone Matching the Description

Anthropic has produced an eyewitness to an unsolved murder in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, the eyewitness is Claude.
Aidan Lawson 11 Oct 2026
The Author Was Never Alone

The Author Was Never Alone

AI disclosure, provenance, and the impossible pure sentence
Aidan Lawson 10 Oct 2026
Multiplayer: JUNKER

Multiplayer: JUNKER

Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares, and the constitution of stopping artificial intelligence.
Aidan Lawson 10 Oct 2026
Applied Case: For the Spicy Chicken

Applied Case: For the Spicy Chicken

McDonald’s and the AI Exposure Effect
Aidan Lawson 08 Oct 2026
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