The Edge of the Interesting Thing

A recent study tested four AI models on a validated paradigm for moral sensitivity, presenting them with three categories of ethical tradeoffs: routine (two secular values), taboo (a sacred value against a secular

The Interpolation Ceiling

There is a recognizable pattern in how technically sophisticated people write about AI capabilities. The claims are impressive, carefully pitched at a level of abstraction that resists easy falsification, and made by people

The Painted Window

Why Claude's Self-Reports Aren't What They Look Like There's a particular kind of conversation that happens thousands of times a day between humans and AI systems, and