2005–2026
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Plasticity

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2026 2 entries
  • Mar 27
    EssayWorld Machinesnewest The Octotypic Mind

    Carcinization, Cognitive Prosthetics, and the Shape of Intelligence After AI

    11 min
  • Mar 8
    EssayWorld Machines The End of Identity: AI, Plasticity, and the Divergence Machine

    Over the past year, the Contraptions club has been reading through history—from Giordano Bruno and Montaigne to Spinoza, Adam Smith, and Hume. We are now using using Venkatesh Rao’s Divergence Machine …

    4 min