Can AI Grow Corn?

Notes on AGI (Agricultural General Intelligence). PLUS: Kernel NYC Launch on 11/8!

49 mins ago • Vicki Xu

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A Media History of the Infinite Feed

Plus: Kernel 6 NYC Launch at Hex House in Brooklyn on November 8!

Nov 1 • Tomás Guarna

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October 2026

ECHOCARDIOGRAM

A short story from Kernel Magazine Issue 6. PLUS: Kernel NYC Launch on 11/8!

Oct 31 • vincent huang

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What Makes The Sandwich Special

I work at the crustless sandwich factory.

Oct 8 • Justin

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How to Cite a Fried Egg

Have you ever looked up the Wikipedia page for the food you were eating while you were eating it? If so, this essay is for you.

Oct 3 • sophie wu

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August 2026

Who Cares About the Shrimp?

On the world's most effective charity.

Aug 12 • Alex Wennerberg

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Problems For The Online

From Kernel 6: A Bakhtinian reading of Twitter, by Isabel Pabán Freed

Aug 7 • Isabel Pabán Freed

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July 2026

🌽 Consumption & Production 🔩

Kernel Magazine Issue 6 is here — read the editor's note and get your copy now!

Jul 31 • jacob sujin kuppermann

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🌽 KERNEL SEASON IS HERE 🌽

Order Kernel 6 Now! Get your tickets for our SF launch party on August 1! Eat Up!

Jul 23 • jacob sujin kuppermann

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March 2026

Automation’s appetite for human traces

A new era of agents built on what was previously left unwritten

Mar 18 • Hamidah Oderinwale

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How We Became (Ir)rational

Join us in SF on March 17 for a conversation with Ben Recht about his new book: The Irrational Decision

Mar 12 • jacob sujin kuppermann

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February 2026

Kernel 6 Pitches Now Open!

K6: FEED

Feb 5 • jacob sujin kuppermann

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