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[The Business of Building God](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/the-business-of-building-god)
[a look at the changing economics of AI labs](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/the-business-of-building-god)
Sep 21 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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### August 2026
[How to control an agent swarm](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/how-to-control-an-agent-swarm)
[whistleblowing, civic reminders, and the right ways to anthropomorphise AI](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/how-to-control-an-agent-swarm)
Aug 31 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Who Wins As Intelligence Commodifies?](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/who-wins-as-intelligence-commodifies)
[A fun feature of life in 2026 is that it’s filled with drama.](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/who-wins-as-intelligence-commodifies)
Aug 26 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[AIs are companies, my friend](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/ais-are-companies-my-friend)
[on the need for liberalism for AI](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/ais-are-companies-my-friend)
Aug 21 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Nobody Knows Anything](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/nobody-knows-anything)
[on living with ignorance](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/nobody-knows-anything)
Aug 16 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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### June 2026
[LLM councils show groupthink](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/llm-councils-show-groupthink)
[perils and problems of LLM peer review](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/llm-councils-show-groupthink)
Jun 15 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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### May 2026
[Who Audits the Auditors?](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/who-audits-the-auditors)
[Can one AI system make another AI system audit it less independently, just by explaining it’s point of view?](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/who-audits-the-auditors)
May 26 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Introducing BenchBench](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/introducing-benchbench)
[TL;DR: presenting the ultimate benchmark, getting models to create benchmarks for each other, and GPT 5.2 is the current (only) winner](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/introducing-benchbench)
May 25 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Homo Agenticus](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/homo-agenticus)
[sapiens](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/homo-agenticus)
May 21 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Artificial Life, Artificial Intelligence](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/artificial-life-artificial-intelligence)
[.](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/artificial-life-artificial-intelligence)
May 14 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Experiments with Vibe Science](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/the-spinosaurus-problem-or-exploring)
[wherein I accidentally pursue an amateur paleontology phd](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/the-spinosaurus-problem-or-exploring)
May 9 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Why Coase needs Hayek](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/why-smart-planners-lose-to-simple)
[sometimes smart planners lose to simple markets](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/why-smart-planners-lose-to-simple)
May 2 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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### April 2026
[Agent, Know Thyself! (and bid accordingly)](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/agent-know-thyself-and-bid-accordingly)
[why we need to train models to learn their own capabilities, and how this will help them bid for work!](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/agent-know-thyself-and-bid-accordingly)
Apr 27 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon) and [Andrey Fradkin](https://substack.com/@empiricrafting)
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[Aligned Agents Still Build Misaligned Organisations](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/when-aligned-agents-build-misaligned)
[simulations to show how multi-agent systems launder uncertainty in enterprise settings](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/when-aligned-agents-build-misaligned)
Apr 24 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Deciphering Papyri](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/deciphering-papyri)
[analysing bureaucracy in roman egypt](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/deciphering-papyri)
Apr 24 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[LLM Enron: experiments on structure vs scale](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/llm-enron-experiments-on-structure)
[can AI agents work inside a real organisation?](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/llm-enron-experiments-on-structure)
Apr 24 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Can we build a management flight simulator?](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/can-we-build-a-management-flight)
[turns out, yes](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/can-we-build-a-management-flight)
Apr 20 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Notes on Hong Kong](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/notes-on-hong-kong)
[.](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/notes-on-hong-kong)
Apr 12 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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### March 2026
[The future of work is world models](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/the-future-of-work-is-world-models)
[Why we need to build Starcraft for CEOs](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/the-future-of-work-is-world-models)
Mar 21 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Vignettes from the Takeoff](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/vignettes-from-the-takeoff)
[Excerpts from a future history memoir](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/vignettes-from-the-takeoff)
Mar 14 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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[Aligning Anthropic](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/aligning-anthropic)
[The Department of War is angry at an AI lab](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/aligning-anthropic)
Mar 2 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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### February 2026
[Notes on Mexico](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/notes-on-mexico)
[.](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/notes-on-mexico)
Feb 1 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon)
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### January 2026
[The Tragedy of the Agentic Commons](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/the-tragedy-of-the-agentic-commons)
[Eliciting preferences using AI improves matches, but everyone getting their own agent will still necessitate markets](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/the-tragedy-of-the-agentic-commons)
Jan 20 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon) and [Alex Imas](https://substack.com/@aleximas)
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### December 2025
[Will money still exist in the agentic economy?](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/will-money-still-exist-in-the-agentic)
[Yes](https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/will-money-still-exist-in-the-agentic)
Dec 19, 2025 • [Rohit Krishnan](https://substack.com/@strangeloopcanon) and [Alex Imas](https://substack.com/@aleximas)
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