The Social Cost of Not Knowing
AI as a private place to ask embarrassing questions.
a public notebook by Gurudas Bhat
Trying to notice the present before it becomes obvious.
Small moments. Large systems. Badly named futures.
Essays on technology, ambition, internet culture, work, status, and the strange ways the present enters ordinary life before anyone has agreed what it means.
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A short route through the current weather.
Cheap Intelligence Changes Human Psychology More Than Smarter Intelligence
What changes when thinking stops feeling metered.
Formula One Cars for Grocery Runs
The comedy and danger of overbuilding the tool before the task earns it.
In a Very Chinese Time of My Life
When memes, models, supply chains, and geopolitics start sharing a room.
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Recent entries from the notebook.
Tara and the Absence of Wu Wei
On building Tara, forcing OpenCode into the wrong shape, and realizing the missing thing was not a better interface but a reason for the interface to exist.
The Social Cost of Not Knowing
On ChatGPT, Amma, and the private relief of asking questions without being judged.
In a Very Chinese Time of My Life
On DeepSeek, dramas, supply chains, and the strange intimacy of geopolitical fascination.
The Aesthetics of Intelligence
On knowledge graphs, terminal screenshots, and the market for looking like you are thinking.
Formula One Cars for Grocery Runs
On overbuilt AI workflows, productivity theatre, and why impressive machinery still needs somewhere meaningful to go.
smolgate, or How I Learnt to Be Okay With Smaller Context Windows
On context windows, hoarding, and the fantasy that more memory equals better thought.
The Goldilocks Conundrum for AI Enthusiasts
On model maximalism, capability theatre, and learning when not to call the CEO to decide lunch.