ai
Stop Calling It "AI". It’s a Narrator, Not a Thinker.
We debate everything about AI except what to call it. The name was placed at the head of a document in 1955 and claims the machine thinks. It doesn't. It narrates.
philosophy
open-source
Socrates, the Hodie, and Zeno's Arrow
Truth isn't coherence — it's correspondence with what lies outside the system. That's why walled gardens are the enemy of truth.
philosophy
Open the Hood: Why Your GUI Is Lying to You
The Airbus that overrode its pilot. The spellchecker that corrects you without asking. Same logic: the machine overrides the human. Not a feature — a manifesto. Why the GUI and the LLM are the same lie, and what it means to open the hood.
ai
The Blind Manager: Aristotle's AI Responsibility Test
Every AI has a purpose — a telos — that its vendor never discloses. Aristotle's four causes explain why deploying AI without knowing that telos makes responsibility impossible. Here's the test every AI deployment fails, the tobacco precedent, and the question to ask before you sign.
privacy
Closed-Source Privacy Is a Logical Contradiction
Privacy-respecting closed-source software" isn't a trust problem. It's a category error — like a married bachelor or a dry ocean. Here's why, plus the audit theater, the GDPR trap, and what actually works.
philosophy
The Battlefield Is Digital
No tracking. No algorithm. Philosophical analysis of digital tools — every Sunday.