Ken’s Substack

The United States of Anthropic

Is the UK heading for AI vassalage?

Jun 15 • Kenneth Payne

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AI Armaggeddon? Hold your apocalyptic horses

Deterrence strikes back in our latest experiments

Jun 11 • Kenneth Payne

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How much?

The US doubles down on military AI

Jun 1 • Kenneth Payne

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May 2026

Swapping Anthropic for OpenAI at the DoW

A model isn't just a model

May 22 • Kenneth Payne

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There's no code red on UK defence AI - there should be

Mythos and my SDR agenda revisited.

May 10 • Kenneth Payne

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That's a nice Think Tank you have there...

...be a shame if someone were to automate it.

May 7 • Kenneth Payne

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Fortune favours the bold

....so where does that leave AI?

May 6 • Kenneth Payne

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March 2026

Knife missile

Who pulls the trigger, when the trigger is me?

Mar 31 • Kenneth Payne

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Replicant

I've cloned myself. Should it live Off World, or on my Macbook?

Mar 28 • Kenneth Payne

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Putin-bot enters the arena

Building artificial personas

Mar 23 • Kenneth Payne

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Project Jervis

Adding humans to the AI nuclear crisis simulation

Mar 11 • Kenneth Payne

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February 2026

Shall we play a game?

My AI nuclear simulation is out now, and it's a WOPR.

Feb 17 • Kenneth Payne

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