The Intrinsic Perspective

The Intrinsic Perspective

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Hubris
The Intrinsic Perspective • Mar 19, 2026

RIP Dan Simmons. Why Weren't You More Famous?
The Intrinsic Perspective • Mar 13, 2026

Bits In, Bits Out
The Intrinsic Perspective • Mar 5, 2026

My New Org to Solve Consciousness (or Die Trying); A Rogue AI Community That Wasn't; David Foster Wallace Is Still Right; Cow Tools Are Real, & More
The Intrinsic Perspective • Feb 5, 2026

It Only Snows Like This for Children
The Intrinsic Perspective • Jan 26, 2026

Proving (literally) that ChatGPT isn't conscious
The Intrinsic Perspective • Jan 15, 2026

How Kids Actually Get Good at Math in America
The Intrinsic Perspective • Dec 19, 2025

Our Overfitted Century
The Intrinsic Perspective • Dec 8, 2025

Pluribus and Our Age of Hive Minds
The Intrinsic Perspective • Nov 18, 2025

John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse
The Intrinsic Perspective • Nov 12, 2025

The Internet You Missed: A Last 2025 Snapshot
The Intrinsic Perspective • Nov 5, 2025

I Figured Out How to Engineer Emergence
The Intrinsic Perspective • Oct 22, 2025

Books to Stoke the Soul of a Young Child
The Intrinsic Perspective • Oct 9, 2025

Against Treating Chatbots as Conscious

The Intrinsic Perspective • Sep 24, 2025

We Are Not Low Creatures
The Intrinsic Perspective • Sep 12, 2025

Erik's Plea in The Free Press: Bring Back Aristocratic Tutoring
The Intrinsic Perspective • Sep 2, 2025

Redesigning The Intrinsic Perspective
The Intrinsic Perspective • Aug 21, 2025

The Internet You Missed: A 2025 Snapshot
The Intrinsic Perspective • Aug 13, 2025

GPT-5's debut is slop; Will AI cause the next depression? Harvard prof warns of alien invasion; Alpha School & homeschool heroes
The Intrinsic Perspective • Aug 6, 2025

Literacy lag: We start reading too late
The Intrinsic Perspective • Jul 31, 2025

"They Die Every Day"
The Intrinsic Perspective • Jul 14, 2025

A Prophecy of Silicon Valley's Fall
The Intrinsic Perspective • Jun 26, 2025

More Lore of the World
The Intrinsic Perspective • Jun 19, 2025

$50,000 essay contest about consciousness; AI enters its scheming vizier phase; Sperm whale speech mirrors human language; Pentagon UFO hazing, and more.
The Intrinsic Perspective • Jun 13, 2025

In the Light of Victory, He Himself Shall Disappear
The Intrinsic Perspective • Jun 5, 2025

How I taught my 3-year-old to read like a 9-year-old
The Intrinsic Perspective • May 28, 2025

I want to share your writing
The Intrinsic Perspective • May 16, 2025

The joy of blackouts; AI ruins college; The Consciousness Wars continue; Peter Singer’s chatbot betrays him, & more
The Intrinsic Perspective • May 9, 2025

The Lore of the World
The Intrinsic Perspective • May 1, 2025

No, you can't just replace science with Silicon Valley
The Intrinsic Perspective • Apr 25, 2025

Alien Poop Means We Are Not Alone. But Let Me Just Adjust This Model Parameter...
The Intrinsic Perspective • Apr 18, 2025