Gradient Ascendant

Why 95% of AI Commentary Fails

In which I actually read the paper everyone is talking about.

Sep 2 • 

Jon Evans

10

August 2025

Walter and other stories

An August grab bag of delights. Well, divertissements.

Aug 26 • 

Jon Evans

10

July 2025

Where Is Your AI God Now?

Come on, Mary, don't fear the AI reaper.

Jul 1 • 

Jon Evans

8

June 2025

Here Come The Drones

Little darling, I see a disconcerting future.

Jun 25 • 

Jon Evans

12

May 2025

Join The Enthusiasts!

It's never too late to join us, but join us before it's too late.

May 27 • 

Jon Evans

39

April 2025

2,000 Years of AI Doom

The last two thousand, not the next two thousand, to be clear.

Apr 29 • 

Jon Evans

14

1

Freaky Tales and Johnny Canuck

and the Splendor and Misery of Seeking, of Scarcity

Apr 16 • 

Jon Evans

2

March 2025

AI is Worse Is Better

And for better or worse, Worse Is Better wins.

Mar 31 • 

Jon Evans

8

The interview is dead, long live the interview

Perhaps my most wildly implausible sci-fi concept yet: what if everyone didn't hate the hiring process?

Mar 18 • 

Jon Evans

2

February 2025

Reinforcement, evolution, and automata

One must imagine Sisyphus rewarded.

Feb 26 • 

Jon Evans

6

Reflections on Exadelic

Guess who's back, back in paper.

Feb 11 • 

Jon Evans

6

January 2025

Return of the Zizians

When I promised to write about "AI weirdness," this wasn't really what I had in mind.

Jan 30 • 

Jon Evans

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