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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January 2026

Training LLMs On My Loved Ones' Data

Today’s “expert” data labelers are tomorrow’s layoffs

Jan 11 • circe

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Reboot's Ins & Outs for 2026

our predictions for slop, academia, web design, and more

Jan 4 • Jasmine Sun, Hannah Scott, Shira Abramovich, jessica dai, Hamidah Oderinwale, and jacob sujin kuppermann

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December 2025

🌽🌽Kernel for the Holidays🌽🌽

Flash Sale! Plus: All Kernel 5 Stories Now Unlocked!

Dec 10, 2025 • jacob sujin kuppermann

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November 2025

Artificial Means Human-made

Artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst on Sentience, Spirituality, and Staying with the Trouble

Nov 30, 2025 • Quincy Mackay

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We read a lot of AI books so you don’t have to

“Because every camp needs a book right now”

Nov 23, 2025 • jessica dai, Jasmine Sun, Shira Abramovich, and jacob sujin kuppermann

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October 2025

Surviving AI Psychosis

"I should have been more informed about the psychological dangers of AI chatbots than the average person. I was not."

Oct 11, 2025 • Anthony Tan

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"Lighthouses in the Sky"

The strange, dangerous intimacy of social location sharing

Oct 5, 2025 • Julia B Kieserman

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September 2025

📏 POV: AI GF

Also: Come to Kernel 5 Launch NYC!

Sep 8, 2025 • Sarah Chekfa

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Macrodoses #9

The macroeconomic chart crimes & AI "safety" edition

Sep 1, 2025 • Shohini Gupta, jacob sujin kuppermann, jessica dai, Hamidah Oderinwale, and Shira Abramovich

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