The Grand Redesign

What's really going on with AI

Is AGI close? Will it take all the jobs and kill us all? Is there an AI bubble? Tune in to find out.

Feb 19 • Sam McRoberts

January 2026

The Treadmill

A short story

Jan 22 • Sam McRoberts

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The Topology of Enough

A short story

Jan 10 • Sam McRoberts

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Consciousness is not what it seems

The hard problem of consciousness is not hard. It is confused.

Jan 7 • Sam McRoberts

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September 2025

Defecting Into Abundance

Anyone who knows me knows I’m an optimistic futurist, someone who believes that technology, particularly AI and robotics, will lead to a fantastic…

Sep 2, 2025 • Sam McRoberts

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July 2025

The Uncommon Nonsense of "Common Sense" Morality

Despite the cover image (which I love that ChatGPT was actually willing to generate, finally), this post is not about Peterson.

Jul 13, 2025 • Sam McRoberts

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February 2025

Tariffs, Treasuries, and Turncoats

Despite going to great lengths to keep politics out of my feed, blocking and muting related accounts and words, I still keep hearing about Musk and…

Feb 3, 2025 • Sam McRoberts

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January 2025

AI and the Lump of Labor Fallacy

In the history of humanity, there has never been a single technology capable of replacing human minds and bodies in all types of work.

Jan 27, 2025 • Sam McRoberts

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UFOs, UAPs, and Drones, Oh My

I’ve had this post in the back of my mind for quite a while, but some recent events (Jersey drones, people having unhinged UFO/UAP takes on Twitter…

Jan 23, 2025 • Sam McRoberts

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To Breed, or Not to Breed, That Is the Question

To be fair, for most of human history this really wasn’t much of a question.

Jan 3, 2025 • Sam McRoberts

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December 2024

A Theist, an Atheist, and an Agnostic Walk Into a Bar

The bartender looks up and says, "What'll it be?" The Theist says, "I'll have a water, uh, actually, make it wine." The Atheist says, "Just a beer for…

Dec 25, 2024 • Sam McRoberts

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Navigating the Ship of Theseus

As anyone who knows me well can attest, I am a BIG fan of the idea of whole brain emulation, uploaded intelligence, and personal universes. But not…

Dec 23, 2024 • Sam McRoberts

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