Societal Impact

The hinge between Layers 2 and 3, where near-term risk turns into long-term consequence. AI systems are societal infrastructure now, and that obligates the teams building them.

Reliability

I Questioned a Distillation Claim. The Post Disappeared.

Aug 8, 2026

•

3 min read

I Questioned a Distillation Claim. The Post Disappeared.

Someone announced they had distilled a frontier model into something small enough to run locally, doing the same thing. One word in that claim is the word Theranos sold the world on.

Economic Architecture

They Wanted to Replace Their Reps With AI. I Told Them No.

Aug 8, 2026

•

4 min read

They Wanted to Replace Their Reps With AI. I Told Them No.

One question sorts every customer interaction into the ones AI belongs in and the ones where it will cost you. The same budget, pointed at a different surface, made their customer satisfaction go up.

Laws & Principles

Aug 8, 2026

•

5 min read

The Luckiest Idiot in Business History

Timothy Dexter shipped coal to Newcastle and made money. Everyone decided he was lucky. I think we call it luck because we cannot see where the information came from, and that has a lot to do with who builds the next wave of AI companies.

Societal Impact

I Questioned a Distillation Claim. The Post Disappeared.

They Wanted to Replace Their Reps With AI. I Told Them No.

The Luckiest Idiot in Business History

Chris Knows Production AI