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Oct 2026· Published research
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Ask an agent where it is and you get a model name. Ask two of them in the same folder and neither knows the other is there.
AutonomyToo Much WorldTwo airplanes, one hospital ward and one night on our own platform: how a system goes wrong when it trusts a single reading, and a small theory of what to look at nextPublished researchAutonomy
Aug 2026EngramA memory should change when you read it as well as when you write it. Ten ways to try, and one test they all have to pass.Pilot resultsMemory
Oct 2026Algorithmic trading anthology — July 2026Can you predict financial markets from the weather? One hundred and sixteen experiments against a bar fixed in advance. Two held up; three that appeared to were withdrawn on review.116 experimentsTrading
July 2026Worry KernelsA detector is a pre-built conclusion about what normal looks like. Here is one built to be priced, dated and falsified — and the night it was tested againstPublished researchReliability
Oct 2026Darko ManifoldsThe ground we inherited and never testedPublished researchFragility
Oct 2026Sandcastles at Low TideA test for telling a building from a sandcastle, and what four live fears return when it is run on themPublished researchFragility
June 2026MapGyverAI-Powered Lost Person ModellingIn DevelopmentRescue
Nov 2024Princhester AssociatesAI-Powered Niche RecruitmentAssessmentStrategy
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