Prickly Dispatches

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Terra Edwards 6/30/26 Terra Edwards 6/30/26

The Monster in the Machine

Paul Kockelman’s Last Words goes beyond the human-machine relation to reveal something monstrous.

Nicolas Guilhot 6/1/26 Nicolas Guilhot 6/1/26

The Political Theology of AI

Guest contributor Nicolas Guilhot looks at the Pope’s stand against Big Tech.

Paul Kockelman 5/26/26 Paul Kockelman 5/26/26

Holy Moly!

On “safeguarding humanity” in Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas.

$What the Machine Doesn't Know It Doesn't Know$

The Editors 4/16/26 The Editors 4/16/26

What the Machine Doesn't Know It Doesn't Know

Paul Kockelman’s Last Words; Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse (2024) explains the “jagged intelligence” of LLMs.

The Editors 3/27/26 The Editors 3/27/26

Last Words: Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse

Dive deeper into Paul Kockelman’s latest PPP pamphlet.