Excited for our third annual protocol symposium in September, and the first under the aegis of the Protocol Institute. Talk and workshop abstracts due June 14th. Fully online, and this is the first time we’re doing an open call too (previous editions had all the programming out of the summer of protocols cohorts; this ... Show more

Starting in 3 minutes on our discord — the third session in our series on stigmergy in the formal protocol theory interest group. HT Patrick Nast for introducing this thread into our deliberations. Turning out to be a really useful lens on the evolution of not just AI, but all technology in the near future, what we’re ... Show more

New 2x2

What are the chances Trump decides to attack Cuba too since Iran fiasco has left him with little to lose 😐

Yes!!

New sloptraption after a long time. Been so absorbed in vibe coding I haven’t kept up on other experimental fronts. Old school sloptraption from chathpt web chat. Currently building a better Claude writing harness I can use from CLI. This is an argument I’ve been groping for for a while. The Aha moment was recognizing... Show more

SIGFPT on stigmergy in protocols starting in 9 minutes. It’s turning into a significant lens for understanding how agentic ai protocols work (or don’t) SIGFPT is the formal protocol theory special interest group hosted by the Protocol Institute (was: Summer of Protocols), a discord meeting track every other Friday at ... Show more

My bot solved democracy. It is officially smarter than me now.

Season 4 of Protocol Town Hall, New Nature, has kicked off www.youtube.com/watch?v=otjS... @timber introducing the new season

Hey everybody. Haven't been very active here lately, in part because we've been very busy launching the Protocol Institute as a spin-off from the EF to continue the work started by the Summer of Protocols. Timber Stinson-Schroff, @timber will be leading the spin-out as managing director, and I'll be the director of re... Show more

Another reminder that nature is grimdark. Only so much conservationists can do. The asiatic cheetah went extinct during the Raj, and there are ongoing efforts to reintroduce it from Africa (a genetically distinct subspecies) but I guess the leopards aren’t going to let competition emerge so easily. Cheetahs were dome... Show more

Pick 2 of 3: no trusted third parties, $5 wrench attack resistance, UX simplicity.

Just got a tour of atomic semi. Closest thing to a company straight out of scifi I’ve seen.