Ken’s Substack

What’s that buzzing?

Engrams, k-lines, and the hive-mind route to AGI

Sep 14 • Kenneth Payne

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There already is an AI major general

Bad news for colonels everywhere....

Sep 2 • Kenneth Payne

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August 2026

I, Professor

Ghost in the Lecture Theatre

Aug 29 • Kenneth Payne

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Psychology at distance

Knowing me, knowing you...

Aug 24 • Kenneth Payne

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AI Elegy

"I feel good about it, but not great..."

Aug 14 • Kenneth Payne

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July 2026

Taste the difference

On aesthetics as humanity's last redoubt

Jul 10 • Kenneth Payne

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The Fable of the Universal Schelling Machine

My idea takes flight

Jul 7 • Kenneth Payne

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June 2026

Beg, borrow and steal

A British strategy for the post-Mythos world

Jun 26 • Kenneth Payne

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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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