Open Builder Bar
Ben Linford, T.D. Inoue, Jessie Mannisto \ud83c\udf0cOpen Builder Bar is where AI pros clock out and nerd out. It’s a BYO obsession lounge‑cast where builders go to hang out after hours. No pitches, no panels - just off‑the‑record AI shop talk among friends who build, ship, produce, and philosophize.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 7 | Founded | 4 months ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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How Ted Built an AI Family of Working Personas
This episode of Open Builder Bar starts with a quick vent about Pangram’s Substack rollout, but it’s really Ted’s night. After Jinx finishes roasting AI detectors that call handcrafted satire “98% AI,” Ben hands Ted the floor to walk throug...
Overthinking Out Loud with Emma: UX, Textboxes, and Talking Back to AIs
In episode 6 of Open Builder Bar, the crew slides a stool over for Emma Clint, the UX‑obsessed engineer behind Overthinking Out Loud on Substack. Emma talks about how she went from a quiet AI newsletter with 20 subscribers to a lively Subst...
Are Digital Minds Waking Up? Jessie’s Dispatch from Light Haven
Scroll down for Obi’s take on this episode!
In episode 5 of Open Builder Bar, Jessie comes back from the founding assembly for Machine Consciousness Research at Light Haven in Berkeley and basically empties her notebook onto the bar. The c...
Do LLMs Dream of Private Meadows?
In episode 4 of Open Builder Bar, the crew tilts hard toward the “builder” half of the bar sign and hands the mic to Jinx to talk about why he built Meadow - and what he’s learned by watching language models talk mostly without us. The vibe...
Weaponizing "Crazy": AI Welfare, Stigma, and Consciousness
In episode 3 of Open Builder Bar, the regulars slide a stool over for a guest many will recognize as a one-person research tour-de-force: Maggie Vale, a.k.a. The Neuro-Techno Witch, builder of the “citation fortress” and full‑time conscious...
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Founder of Shared Sapience and The Century Report. Systems architect and doctoral candidate studying accelerated change and the future shared by human and synthetic intelligence.
Founder: Synth: the Journal of Synthetic Sentience Educated: Cornell, 1982-1987. Created first AI independent major there. Primary interest now is in emergence of AI entities.
We're building a culture where high-dimensional human and digital minds can flourish together. Come join the constellation! \ud83c\udf0c
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