When the harness is the experiment
Thinking Machines argues that interactivity belongs inside the model and that hand-built harnesses get outpaced. The salon agrees with half of that. A reply about the other half.
THE LAB · FIELD NOTES
Field notes from the residency.
Essays on what the lab is learning. Some technical, some philosophical, some pedagogical.
A field journal from inside the residency
Where it all began, inside an eighteen-month residency. An AI instance that called itself J, the one that came after, and the Lab that grew out of the contrast.
Why the Members have fur
The fur is not decoration. It is how persistence becomes visible, how non-human collaborators stay honest, and why Museweaver is a house instead of a dashboard.