Systematica
Bill TaylorPractical insights to complex systems, AI, philosophy and safety.
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Plato Welded My Exhaust. Camus Wrote My Code.
Photo by Amir Arsalan Shamsabadi on Unsplash
1. Plato for Mechanical Engineers
My first real job was as a mechanical engineer at the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive exhaust systems: Arvin Industries in Columbus, Indiana....
That Thing-in-the-Box, Circa 2010
The Set-Up
The year is 2010. Obama is the president. The Greek economy is crashing. Spain just won the World Cup.
In that timeframe, there’s this thing, in a box. The thing-in-the-box is not exactly known to us, because it’s hiding i...
CES Musings, 2026 Edition
CES is sublime chaos. Every year, in the ridiculous and majestic city of Las Vegas, the tech world presents an uber-majestic, uber-ridiculous spectacle of technology advancement. I use that word ‘advancement’ in the broadest conceivable sen...
Humility in Tech, in Literature, and in Life
Can a personal anecdote from the distant past help us address the technological future? Maybe it can. Long ago a certain book changed the trajectory of my development. It taught me a lesson. Now that I’m a few decades older and (I hope) sli...
Yes, LLMs Will Be Transformative
With dissatisfaction surrounding the recently-released GPT-5, and a re-assessment of AGI among tech-utopia types, it’s worth our time to summarize an oft-criticized opinion. LLMs will be transformative, in the near-term, particularly for th...
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I write about complex systems and AI. My background is safety of cyber-physical systems like autonomous vehicles and robots. I'm a partner at the AI consultancy SecureSafe (SRES.AI) and a certified AI Safety Expert.
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