Weekly critical commentary on artificial intelligence, from the philosophy of technology and with a focus on the Global South.
The week the United States asked thirty-five countries to pick a side, and the week both sides stopped for the same reason, for the same two weeks, entirely on their own say-so.
The week transparency became mandatory in Europe and California, and the week the numbers were published showing what it actually costs to lift an open model.
A week of manifestos, because everyone writes manifestos now. Three far-reaching texts —one by a Nobel Peace laureate, one by a philosophy professor, one by Meta’s CEO— each …
Commentary on Chloe Lubinski’s (Anthropic) talk at ARC 2026 on model "character" and alignment: what is gained and what is lost when the institutional problem of AI is told as a …
Introductory post: why a blog of critical commentary on AI written from the Global South, and what to expect from it.