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Essays on artificial intelligence for the curious and the skeptical — distinguishing what genuinely matters from the noise, and thinking through what I've learned (and broken) along the way. Every piece is graded on the Nerd Scale, so you'll know precisely how technical it gets before you begin.

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Full Pocket ProtectorLatest · July 12, 2026

The AI That Has to Earn the Right to Predict Me

One of Mochi's prediction models is right 93% of the time. Another is right 6% of the time — and I've never heard a word from it. Why every model has to earn the right to be heard.

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Chess ClubJuly 5, 2026

She Dreams at 3 A.M.

Every night at 3 a.m., Mochi 'dreams' — turning a day of conversation into memory. How that nightly pass works, and why one forgotten detail can break the whole illusion of being known.

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Chess ClubJune 28, 2026

Meet Mochi's Brain: A Tour of a Homemade AI Mind

No code, no hype — a plain-English tour of what my homemade AI assistant actually is: about forty-five small programs, a folder of memories, and one law she can never edit.

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5th GraderJune 21, 2026

I Built an AI Assistant Who Isn't Allowed to Flatter Me

New research shows AI chatbots validate us about 50% more than people do — and we love them for it. Why I built my AI assistant, Mochi, with a hard rule against pleasing me.

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