Tuesday, May 26, 2026

OpenAI/ChatGPT cannot survive in its current form - (Gemini Flash 3.5)

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The upcoming public listing of OpenAI, anticipated this autumn, is increasingly taking on the characteristics of an aviation graveyard sp...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

The future belongs to le Divin Marquis?

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S. M. Stirling’s Draka novels imagine one of science fiction’s more extreme civilisations: a slave-owning, militarised aristocracy that...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Interiority and the Limits of the Disenchanted World

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Note : this essay has been written up by GPT 5.5 (thinking mode) after a fairly lengthy to-and-fro discussion inspired by Charles Taylor...
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Monday, May 18, 2026

La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Afterword

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Dear Reader, So: La Double Inconstance has ended. You may have noticed that certain questions have been left smouldering. What, exactly...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 16

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La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 16 30: A Summer Day in the Park It’s July in Marne-la-Vallée, a sweltering Saturday aftern...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 15

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La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 15 29: Escape Between sleep and wakefulness there is a cosy liminal state: babylike, calm ...
Friday, May 15, 2026

La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 14

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La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 14 27: Engagement: the Audit-Core The engineers who designed the module were occupationall...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 13

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La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 13 25: Engagement: impasse We are at an impasse. We loiter on station, always with Mars be...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 12

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La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 12 23: Approach Phase: (Flaminia’s opinion) Flaminia and I sit companionably in the lounge...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 11

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La Double Inconstance (2030–31) — Episode 11 21: Approach Phase: (Flaminia’s joke) In the gym she appears before me. I'm wrest...