School for a New Machine
Each day, pick an article on AI, alignment, consciousness, or the philosophy of mind and answer five open-response questions on it. The grader has the article — general knowledge alone won't be enough. Earn a comprehension badge for every article you pass. Self-study to think clearly about AI and the questions around it — not a credential or a competence assessment.
How this works
Pick an article on AI, alignment, consciousness, or the philosophy of mind from today's Arc Codex feed and read it. Answer five open-response questions on what it actually said. Pass at 70%+ to log a comprehension badge with your name on it. The grader has the article — general knowledge alone won't be enough. This is self-study to help you think clearly about AI and the questions around it — not a credential or a competence assessment.
Today's readings · 3 articles
10 Essential Agentic AI Concepts Explained Simply
tech_surveillanceAI agents are everywhere right now. You hear terms like tool calling, agent loops, MCP, guardrails thrown around as if its common language… it isn’t! But that is about to change. Agentic AI isn’t nearly as complicated as…
How Claude Watermarks AI
tech_surveillanceI recently posted a Substack note about Claude’s new watermarking process and implementation. Since it’s such a popular topic and sparked such a lively discussion, I thought it might be interesting to go into a bit more …
Shai-Hulud hackers: two men charged over TeamPCP’s global supply chain crime spree that hit OpenAI, and thousands more
threat_intelligencePolice have charged two men from Western Australia over their alleged involvement in TeamPCP, a cybercriminal gang that has been blamed for a massive software supply-chain hacking campaign. TeamPCP is best known for Shai…