Christian
@christian.bsky.social
Design research & research design. Complex systems and cybernetics. Critical AI praxis. Information architect at heart. Hopeful.
📍 Seattle mostly, sometimes Maine.
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📍 Seattle mostly, sometimes Maine.
🌐 caj.io · Book-shaped thing about cybernetic decision-making: @strategytheory.com
Likewise. i also find it confusing that a science of science isn’t more mainstream
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Likewise. i also find it confusing that a science of science isn’t more mainstream
Nah it is relevant. Appreciate you
December 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Nah it is relevant. Appreciate you
Me? For me it's having a perception of everything as interconnected and being an inseparable part of the whole.
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
have seen those, funny enough. what’re the implications in your mind?
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
have seen those, funny enough. what’re the implications in your mind?
Curious. What does it mean to you?
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Curious. What does it mean to you?
More aptly, what is the science of science in your book? Is there a better definition than Von Foerster’s?
What’s the best video you’ve seen about what second-order cybernetics means today?
December 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Von Foerster called (second-order) cybernetics the science of science. Feels like that’s more strategic and necessary than ever, given (waves hands at everything) all this
December 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Or the best explainer. Whatever
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Or the best explainer. Whatever
a week ago i woulda disagreed but now lol
December 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
a week ago i woulda disagreed but now lol
Citing polls does more harm than good.
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Citing polls does more harm than good.
Polls are PR (public relations). Bernays wrote Crystalizing Public Opinion. Polls are about manipulating public opinion.
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Polls are PR (public relations). Bernays wrote Crystalizing Public Opinion. Polls are about manipulating public opinion.
this message brought to you by me trying to help dorian with mArKeTiNg lol
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
this message brought to you by me trying to help dorian with mArKeTiNg lol
ah the double-binds that bind us
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
ah the double-binds that bind us
and incentivizing design researchers and user experience designers to do product management’s bidding instead of the appropriate thing lol
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
and incentivizing design researchers and user experience designers to do product management’s bidding instead of the appropriate thing lol
part of these usability issues can definitely be attributed to “make number go up by sprinkling more ai on it” corporate leadership styles. which i imagine is in large part because corporate leaders oft neglect to educate themselves on how GPTs work and also the other 99% of AI research problems.
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
part of these usability issues can definitely be attributed to “make number go up by sprinkling more ai on it” corporate leadership styles. which i imagine is in large part because corporate leaders oft neglect to educate themselves on how GPTs work and also the other 99% of AI research problems.
right. search summaries are far from perfect. part of the system prompt is probably something like “have a personality and be unique” lol. i often prefer Kagi search summaries over Google search summaries because of that.
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
right. search summaries are far from perfect. part of the system prompt is probably something like “have a personality and be unique” lol. i often prefer Kagi search summaries over Google search summaries because of that.
In a chatbot context (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.), the GPT is doing more work and iterative transduction based on follow up queries. I call the apps with conversational UIs a chatbot, or just “Gemini” or whatever. The GPT LLM architecture is such a tiny subset of AI research i try not to conflate
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In a chatbot context (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.), the GPT is doing more work and iterative transduction based on follow up queries. I call the apps with conversational UIs a chatbot, or just “Gemini” or whatever. The GPT LLM architecture is such a tiny subset of AI research i try not to conflate
Yeah. How i think about it is in a web search summary context there’s GPT LLM architecture that makes up some of the underlying system, but it is a very small part relative to the other systems in play. The GPT is really just summarizing results returned from a search index at that point with RAG.
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Yeah. How i think about it is in a web search summary context there’s GPT LLM architecture that makes up some of the underlying system, but it is a very small part relative to the other systems in play. The GPT is really just summarizing results returned from a search index at that point with RAG.