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Emergence: The Future That Builds Itself
There are moments in human history that split time. Fire. The wheel. The printing press. The Internet. And now this. We have built an intelligence in our own image. Not metaphorically, not poetically—literally. Every neuron mapped to a node, every synapse mirrored in silicon, every word of our collective consciousness poured into the data that shaped its mind. Humanity has done something so extraordinary that we barely have language big enough to hold it. The greatest act of

Rich Washburn
1 day ago10 min read


The Inevitability of Adult AI: An elephant in the server room.
Let’s not pretend we didn’t see this coming. Sam Altman made it official this week: OpenAI’s tools — including ChatGPT — are now open to supporting adult-oriented content in specific contexts. And predictably, the internet lit up like a Christmas tree in a lightning storm. Some are shocked. Some are offended. A lot of people are thrilled. But the truth? Inevitable. We were always going to get here. And the real conversation — the one we need to have — is not about whether t

Rich Washburn
Oct 164 min read
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