Philosophy

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Entropy and Intelligence: A Personal Manifesto

This essay explores the years of thought behind my personal manifesto—how the inevitability of entropy isn’t just a source of disorder, but the very foundation of intelligence and learning. Through a personal journey from nihilism to clarity, I reframe entropy as a generative force—one whose gradients fuel creativity, innovation, and understanding. It’s a manifesto for embracing complexity, surfing chaos, and transforming disorder into insight.

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The Asymmetry Problem: Why Human–AI Trust is Fundamentally Broken

This article examines how our increasingly intimate relationships with AI create a dangerous asymmetry, where humans trust AI companions that may soon be executing hidden agendas. Vishal, an AI industry veteran, warns that this dynamic makes us highly susceptible to manipulation, moving beyond simple influence to the ‘inception’ of ideas we could end up believing are our own.