Arachne
Nathan WitkinSocial theory for empiricists
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Scattered Theses on RSI, AI Math, and Doomerism
Prometheus, 1930, José Clemente Orozco
While I tend to reserve my Substack for more polished, long-form articles, I’ve written a pair of lengthy X posts in the past couple of days that I think it’s worth publicizing more widely in the hope...
AI's Reliability Gap
The Heavier-than-Air Machine, 1953, Roy Lichtenstein
1. Introduction
For all the hype about AI, deserved and undeserved, it is a curious fact that AI models’ effects on the economy continue to border on nonexistent. Notwithstanding antic...
The Jevons Paradox for Intelligence
Grattacieli e tunnel, 1930, Depero Fortunato
The last couple of months has seen an explosion of concern that AI is on the cusp of eliminating a large proportion of white-collar jobs. This is the latest epicycle in a long-run trend whereby...
My Interview with Ricky Sutton on Meta and Child Safety
Recorded live on January 15
In this interview, Ricky Sutton of Future Media and I discuss my essay for After Babel, “Meta’s Child Sex Trafficking Problem.” We also touch on the influence of Big Tech on journalism, as well as the prospect o...
Farcical Misalignment
Lobster Fishermen, 1940-41, Marsden Hartley
Moltbook—a new Reddit-like social network for AI agents—is the biggest story in tech. The internet is awash with screenshots of posts and comments assumedly written by AI agents, absent human int...
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Nathan Witkin is a Research Scientist studying AI and Social Media at NYU Stern's Tech and Society Lab. He writes about philosophy, politics, and technology at his Substack, Arachne.
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