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All Right, Let’s Have the Real Conversation
The Ant Hill Just Got Jet Fuel So here’s what happened: I’m halfway through my day, probably over-caffeinated, and I realize— wait, hold up, this isn’t just some new tech cycle, is it? No. This right here—what’s happening in the open source AI world with agentic stuff— this is the threshold moment. And I don’t mean “exciting new feature drop” threshold. I mean TCP/IP level, this-will-be-invisible-and-everywhere-soon threshold. I’m telling you, it’s one of those “stare-off-i

Rich Washburn
3 hours ago3 min read


Maltbook, Clawdbot, and the Gray Goo Phase of Innovation
This Is What the Middle Always Looks Like There’s a phase every transformative technology goes through that makes people deeply uncomfortable — especially people seeing it up close for the first time. It’s the phase where the foundational work is done, the guardrails come off, and the thing gets dropped into the open world. Not polished. Not secured. Not fully understood. Just working enough to be dangerous. That’s where we are right now with agentic AI. What you’re seeing w

Rich Washburn
5 hours ago4 min read


Turns Out the Trojan Horse Was the Ultimate Human Exploit
I've been sitting here thinking about Trojan horses. Yep, the wooden kind from 3,000 years ago—but also the ones popping up today: drones...

Rich Washburn
Jun 13, 20253 min read


Leaked Insights: The Road to Superintelligence by 2027
Leopold Ashenbrenner, a former employee at OpenAI, has revealed a groundbreaking document outlining the imminent future of artificial...

Rich Washburn
Jun 20, 20243 min read


The Final Industrial Revolution: Insights from a Former OpenAI Insider
Leopold Ashenbrenner, a former OpenAI employee, has recently released a document that could shape our understanding of the future of...

Rich Washburn
Jun 9, 20243 min read


Beyond Automation: The Revolutionary Impact of OpenAI's AI Agents on Technology and Society
The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a transformative force in the tech industry, heralding a new era of digital...

Rich Washburn
Feb 12, 20243 min read
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