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The Fight That Broke a Lab

Jul 13, 2026

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2 min read

The Fight That Broke a Lab

Months before Expert Systems ever hit a balance sheet, the hardware behind them was already fracturing — over a disagreement that had nothing to do with technology.

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Plain Machine

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The Machine That Was Better Than The Doctors

Jul 6, 2026

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2 min read

The Machine That Was Better Than The Doctors

MYCIN passed its test. Medicine still said no.

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Plain Machine

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He Was Right. The Field Never Admitted It.

Jun 29, 2026

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4 min read

He Was Right. The Field Never Admitted It.

The philosopher the field tried to forget.

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Plain Machine

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He Built the Warning. Nobody Listened.

Jun 15, 2026

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5 min read

He Built the Warning. Nobody Listened.

He called it a warning. The field called it a breakthrough.

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Plain Machine

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One Summer to Solve Intelligence

Jun 10, 2026

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3 min read

One Summer to Solve Intelligence

The backstory the video doesn't have time to tell.

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Plain Machine

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He Asked a Question He Couldn't Answer

Jun 8, 2026

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3 min read

He Asked a Question He Couldn't Answer

The Turing Test wasn't built to prove machines could think. It was built to make the question obsolete.

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Plain Machine

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The Logic Inside Every AI is 350 Years Old

Jun 7, 2026

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3 min read

The Logic Inside Every AI is 350 Years Old

Three men who never met each other built the blueprint for artificial intelligence.

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Plain Machine

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The Question We Still Can't Answer

Jun 7, 2026

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2 min read

The Question We Still Can't Answer

In 1950, a mathematician asked something so simple it broke philosophy.

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