World on a wire
How a language model picks the next word: a short technical approach to probabilities, temperature and the illusion of certainty.
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Welt am Draht
Essays on machines, consciousness and the world we model.
All pieces are clearly labelled demonstration texts with no invented sources.
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ConsciousnessDemonstration article
Is someone speaking?
Language models answer in the first person. Why that reveals nothing yet about an inner life – and why the question still deserves to be taken seriously.
A sentence in the first person is a grammatical form, not evidence of an experiencing self.
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The thirst of data centres
Power, cooling water, land: the digital has a landscape. An attempt to ask the right questions before quoting numbers.
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Fields
- 01Artificial intelligenceHow models are built, what they can do – and what they cannot.1 piece
- 02ConsciousnessQuestions of inner life, experience and attribution.1 piece
- 03Ethics & societyPower, responsibility and public space.0 pieces
- 04EcologyThe material footprint of the digital.1 piece
- 05HumanityWork, meaning and visions of the future.0 pieces