JOURNAL

Field notes from the long game.

Notes on research, engineering discipline, and the long-term work of building general intelligence systems.

JUNE 2026

Training inside the dream

Learned world models make experience cheap. The discipline is making sure the dream stays honest.

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JUNE 2026

The discipline of being wrong

Error is not the enemy of progress. Unexamined error is.

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MAY 2026

Words are not worlds

Language models are eloquent about a world they have never touched. Grounding is not a garnish on intelligence — it is a prerequisite.

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MAY 2026

Generality is earned, not declared

A system is only as general as the most distant domain it has actually survived.

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APRIL 2026

The case for hybrid minds

Pattern recognition interpolates. Intelligence extrapolates. Closing that gap takes structure as well as scale.

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APRIL 2026

Building for the long game

The most important engineering decisions are the ones that still look right in year five.

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MARCH 2026

Notes on responsible ambition

Ambition and caution are not opposites. Done properly, each makes the other credible.

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