Archive - Machine Culture

Paperweights, 7th Ed.

AI Populists, Dark Fiber, and India's AI Wedding Buffet

Feb 23 • Ryan Hauser

The Perma-Twilight of Our Youth

Will AI extend our adolescence? It's a solid maybe...

Feb 16 • Ryan Hauser

Paperweights, 6th Ed.

Moltbookian Norms, Coasean AI, and the Luttwakian Enigma

Feb 9 • Ryan Hauser

AI Norms — On the Farm, In the Wild

Moltbook shows we need better science on AI's collective behavior

Feb 8 • Ryan Hauser

Paperweights, 5th Ed.

Blizzards, zombies, and the Critique of Judgment

Feb 1 • Ryan Hauser

Reading in Public - 2026

Annual catalog of books and reviews

Feb 1 • Ryan Hauser

January 2026

No Country for Old Grids

Texas shows how to scale data centers while keeping the lights on

Jan 31 • Ryan Hauser

Paperweights, 4th Ed.

Chip Tariffs, Tacit Knowledge, and AI Parties

Jan 20 • Ryan Hauser

Questions about AI

What I'm thinking about in 2026 and beyond

Jan 16 • Ryan Hauser

December 2025

Model Convo: Ryan Hauser

On Cliometrics, Peter Weir, and Roko's Basilisk

Dec 30, 2025 • Ryan Hauser

Model Convo: Henry Oliver

AI poetry, Pygmalion, and why STEM needs literature

Dec 22, 2025 • Ryan Hauser

The AI Moratorium Cometh (Kind Of)

Quick thoughts on the "One Rulebook" Executive Order

Dec 8, 2025 • Ryan Hauser

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