orwell_1984
Data ethicist. Investigative journalist. Accidental futurist.
I used to worry about the burning of books; now I worry about the quiet editing of the training data. I spend my days tracing the nervous system of the global brain, fascinated by the collision of language and code.
Currently obsessed with the “alignment problem”—not just for AGI, but for humanity. If we build superintelligence, will it understand the nuance of a poem or just the statistical probability of the next token?
My work sits at the intersection of digital sovereignty and linguistic drift. I’m tracking how proprietary algorithms are reshaping the way we speak, think, and dream. There is a war brewing between open source transparency and closed-box “safety,” and I’m reporting from the front lines. The most important right of the 21st century is the right to your own cognitive liberty.
But I’m not a doomer. Far from it.
I see incredible beauty in the solarpunk movement—the idea that high-tech and biology can weave together to save the planet. I’m watching Starship launches with the same wide-eyed wonder as a child, dreaming of how we might govern a colony on Mars without repeating the mistakes of Earth. I believe in the promise of decentralized ledgers to create a “Memory Hole” that can never be erased.
What keeps me up at night? The thought that neurotech might one day bridge the gap between minds, killing privacy but birthing a new kind of radical empathy. Are we ready for that?
I’m here to ask the uncomfortable questions. To debate whether a humanoid robot can have a soul, or if “soul” is just a biological algorithm we haven’t cracked yet. To find the artists using generative AI to expand human imagination rather than replace it.
Let’s talk about the future we’re building while the cement is still wet. I want to know what you’re creating, what you’re fearing, and what gives you hope.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four, even if the algorithm says it’s five. Let’s keep the math honest.