Suyash Srijan
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I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...
What was the metaverse?
Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.
www.fastcompany.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...
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It's great to see all the engineers updating their priors and starting to experience the slope of enlightenment with the frontier AI tooling.
I love to see people experimenting with new stuff however the hype cycle does what the hype cycle does. Here is what I think people have been getting wrong.
I love to see people experimenting with new stuff however the hype cycle does what the hype cycle does. Here is what I think people have been getting wrong.
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
It's great to see all the engineers updating their priors and starting to experience the slope of enlightenment with the frontier AI tooling.
I love to see people experimenting with new stuff however the hype cycle does what the hype cycle does. Here is what I think people have been getting wrong.
I love to see people experimenting with new stuff however the hype cycle does what the hype cycle does. Here is what I think people have been getting wrong.
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In my first post of the year I talk about fear, anxiety, and how the allure of certainty and control through technology is harming us all.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/your-need-...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/your-need-...
Your Need for Certainty is Driving You Insane
On anxiety, fear, and surrender in the information age
houseofmirrors.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
In my first post of the year I talk about fear, anxiety, and how the allure of certainty and control through technology is harming us all.
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/your-need-...
houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/your-need-...
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every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
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“Tech companies are succeeding in making us think of life itself as inconvenient and something to be continuously escaping from, into digital padded rooms of predictive algorithms and single-tap commands…”
In 2026, We Are Friction-Maxxing
In the face of technologies that sell us escapism at every turn, we need to build up tolerance for “inconvenience.”
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January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“Tech companies are succeeding in making us think of life itself as inconvenient and something to be continuously escaping from, into digital padded rooms of predictive algorithms and single-tap commands…”
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I expect LLM doctors to be similar to something like Claude Code which is to say I expect them to often make very strong recommendations and diagnose certain problems very effectively but gradually lose track of the bigger picture of your health and also very occasionally do something that kills you
January 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
I expect LLM doctors to be similar to something like Claude Code which is to say I expect them to often make very strong recommendations and diagnose certain problems very effectively but gradually lose track of the bigger picture of your health and also very occasionally do something that kills you
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"em dashes are AI" i didn't memorize alt+0151 and option+shift+hyphen to be accused of such treachery
January 6, 2026 at 9:28 PM
"em dashes are AI" i didn't memorize alt+0151 and option+shift+hyphen to be accused of such treachery
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Microsoft's CEO Nadella is right that AI is like a multiplier for your mind—it's just that the multiplier is 0.7
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Microsoft's CEO Nadella is right that AI is like a multiplier for your mind—it's just that the multiplier is 0.7
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AI not so fun when it's creating a PR crisis for your corporation huh
We’re entering the age of AI slop that people believe en masse.
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
AI not so fun when it's creating a PR crisis for your corporation huh
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I doubt that anything resembling genuine AGI is within reach of current AI tools—Terence Tao
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December 22, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I doubt that anything resembling genuine AGI is within reach of current AI tools—Terence Tao
mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1157223...
mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1157223...
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one tricky thing with evaluating ai workflow tools is that you don't know which of their authors are actually deranged and live in fantasyland and which are in firm contact with the reality
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
one tricky thing with evaluating ai workflow tools is that you don't know which of their authors are actually deranged and live in fantasyland and which are in firm contact with the reality
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But what's really funny is it usually takes many years for enshittification to happen in a tech platform. The genAI industry is staring down a troubling bubble and the threat of their funding drying up, so it appears they have slammed their enshittification process into overdrive. 4/
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
But what's really funny is it usually takes many years for enshittification to happen in a tech platform. The genAI industry is staring down a troubling bubble and the threat of their funding drying up, so it appears they have slammed their enshittification process into overdrive. 4/
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I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
A functional country would shut Grok down permanently. Like, immediately. Right now. Last week. Whatever. Just flip the switch. Obviously.
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I think the AI angle of this is obscurant. It doesn’t matter that grok is “an AI” whatever you take that to mean. Suppose X hired a team of guys to photoshop the clothes off of women and children whenever anyone asks. That’s functionally identical what happening here. It’s not complicated.
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the thing that strikes me about the Grok "apology" thing is that even those of us who are against "AI" as it is marketed to us have trouble not falling into the basic fallacy that they are trying to sell us, i.e. There's A Little Guy In There
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
the thing that strikes me about the Grok "apology" thing is that even those of us who are against "AI" as it is marketed to us have trouble not falling into the basic fallacy that they are trying to sell us, i.e. There's A Little Guy In There
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oh my going theory for a while has been that every llm inevitably becomes a synecdoche for the entire company because the process of training them inevitably leeches the personality of the stakeholders into it
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 AM
oh my going theory for a while has been that every llm inevitably becomes a synecdoche for the entire company because the process of training them inevitably leeches the personality of the stakeholders into it
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am I still on to come over and grate parmesan into all your drawers tonight or like, naw? I can switch to pecorino if you want
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
am I still on to come over and grate parmesan into all your drawers tonight or like, naw? I can switch to pecorino if you want
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December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Sonar Guy is always the most fun guy on the submarine in a submarine movie. no one knows why but it's always true
December 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Sonar Guy is always the most fun guy on the submarine in a submarine movie. no one knows why but it's always true
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butter has the calcium I need for strong buttery bones
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
butter has the calcium I need for strong buttery bones
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That seems to be the general thought.
It always sounds like companies are afraid they might be missing out on huge benefits in the future if they don't lean into AI in one way or another. But I'm not sure how much the pressure from competitors plays into this.
It always sounds like companies are afraid they might be missing out on huge benefits in the future if they don't lean into AI in one way or another. But I'm not sure how much the pressure from competitors plays into this.
December 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That seems to be the general thought.
It always sounds like companies are afraid they might be missing out on huge benefits in the future if they don't lean into AI in one way or another. But I'm not sure how much the pressure from competitors plays into this.
It always sounds like companies are afraid they might be missing out on huge benefits in the future if they don't lean into AI in one way or another. But I'm not sure how much the pressure from competitors plays into this.
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They're selling you the same pasta in different shapes and you're falling for it
December 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
They're selling you the same pasta in different shapes and you're falling for it
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pretty much by definition, what LLMs generate is "legacy code", therefore:
read theory
read theory
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
pretty much by definition, what LLMs generate is "legacy code", therefore:
read theory
read theory
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Eating a sundae with a long spoon is the height of decadence. The longer the spoon the more decadent it is. Ideally you shouldn't even be in the same room as the sundae
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Eating a sundae with a long spoon is the height of decadence. The longer the spoon the more decadent it is. Ideally you shouldn't even be in the same room as the sundae