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2026

Leg Spaghetti →[Oct 14, 2026][research]

A berimbolo takes about four seconds. Getting a machine to see whose foot is whose is taking a lot longer.

Seeing, Fast and Slow →[Sep 27, 2026][research]

Kahneman wrote about thinking fast and slow. I went looking for whether anyone had studied seeing fast and slow - and it sent me down a rabbit hole about what our models actually see.

Chasing What Is True →[Jul 26, 2026][research]

My paper got accepted. The part I'm proudest of is the section about where it falls short.

Vibe Researching →[May 31, 2026][research]

Most of the sentences in my first paper weren't written by me. Every claim in it was.

Legible Partiality →[Apr 26, 2026][research]

Every model sees from somewhere. I'd rather it told me where it's standing.

Watching Robots Box →[Feb 15, 2026][research]

Everyone laughed at the boxing robots. I was watching their feet.

Fluent Is Not Faithful →[Jan 18, 2026][research]

The model told me a beautiful story about the match. It just wasn't the match I'd watched.

2025

A Machine in a Man's World →[Oct 19, 2025][research]

Our smartest AIs have the memory of a goldfish. That's a bigger problem than it sounds.

A Coach That Watches →[Jun 22, 2025][research]

I watched the most entertaining jiu-jitsu match ever made and couldn't keep up. So I asked a machine to try.

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