You Can't Ask a Model Its Politics
Ask and you get a shrug. Put a model in a world where every choice has a price, and its politics leak out.
Alive Between Turns
Most agents only think when spoken to. What it takes to keep a mind alive between turns — and honest about why.
A Two-Speed Mind
How a local AI can understand you deeply and still answer you quickly.
The Engine Has Stopped Saying No
Worlds are running out of constraint. A note on coherence, cost, and the design of places that make sense.