Supporter Update, Spooky Edition
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Hi all! Sorry, had a mental health crash this past month, so not much was done. However, I do have some good news to share!
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Quick Update Sep 2025
Hi all! I've been under the weather this month, so instead of a vlog, here's a quick text-post update:
Stuff done this month:
🕊️ Talked with Audrey Tang(!)...
2025-09-24 18:41:24 +0000 UTC View Post
My 1st Vlog! Digital puppet, AI "Therapy", Mental health meta-meta-analysis
Hi Patréon supporters! I got something new for you today — my first vlog!
Okay this isn't actually my first first vlog, but it's my first in over 10 years? I want to experiment ...
2025-08-29 18:21:34 +0000 UTC View PostJune 2025: AI Therapists & AI Clones! 🤖
(⏱️ 21 min read in total )
(🚨 This one's a loooooooong one! If it gets clipped in your email client, you may have to click "view entire message" at the en...
2025-06-18 14:19:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Start-of-Spring Update
⏱️ reading time: 6 min
Hi Patreon supporters!
First, sorry I forgot about the "drawing of a cat" reward for being a supporter. Here's a drawing I made yesterday, of a cat ...
2025-03-27 15:55:19 +0000 UTC View PostNicky's Plans for 2025, Probably
Hi Patreon supporters,
A reminder: last month, when trying to cross the U.S.-Canada land borde...
2025-01-24 17:48:25 +0000 UTC View PostTemporarily lost ALL devices; projects will be delayed :(
I can't say more (for now) because it involves the U.S-Canada border/ongoing legal stuff, but the relevant thing is: I have not had access to my phone, laptop, or tablet for the last 7 days 2024-12-15 16:11:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Spooky Research! (also AI Safety Part 3 delayed, sorry)
Hi y'all! Time for the monthly cool-folks-supporting-me update.
Some good news & bad news. The good news is I've been super-productive the l...
2024-10-27 19:13:32 +0000 UTC View PostWelp, I'm 30! (+ a 30-min-long article to "celebrate")
Hi all! It is my birthday.
My gift for myself for the big Three-Zero is to write this navel-gazing blog post, which I shall share with you now:
⏱ 2024-09-11 21:29:42 +0000 UTC View Post
My "Creative Cyborg" talk + more!
Hi all! Regular update for you regular supporters: (again, thank y'all so much!)
Last month, Aug 2024:
AI Safety for Fleshy Humans p2: Flesh Harder
As promised, Part 2 of my series on making safe, humane AI is now out on July 31st! Yes it is July 31st, the promised deadline. I wouldn't be late by almost two weeks. What, naw, couldn't be me....
2024-08-12 20:58:07 +0000 UTC View PostMonthly update: Tell Don't Show
(⏱ reading time: 4 min)
Hi y'all! Happy Canada Day from Canada 🇨🇦
Last month I got a bunch of work done, but alas, it's the kind of wo...
2024-07-01 16:12:06 +0000 UTC View PostThis month's update: Avatars, Fractals, & Signal Boosts
(⏱️ 4 min read)
(posting a day late, plz ignore)
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Quick time-sensitive announcement: If you know a high schooler who's into programming, skip t...
2024-06-01 07:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostFINALLY. "AI Safety for Fleshy Humans", Part One!
Hi y'all!
Two years after my last flagship project [Nutshell]...
Four years after my last longform explainer [Covid Futures]...
I'm... mostly relieved, to finally launch my ne...
March Updates: I made a neural network from scratch!
(⏱ 6 min read)
Three updates! Two big updates, and one kinda-update!
🧠 Update #1: I'm making a neural network toy!
I'm making an interactive...
2024-03-30 23:18:39 +0000 UTC View PostClearing out the idea closet (47 projects on my backlog)
(⏱️ read time: 3 min)
Hi all!
1) Apparently "eating my hair if I broke my promise" crossed the line from funny to actually unhealthy & disturbing. So, I won't us...
2024-02-22 16:28:53 +0000 UTC View Postnew year who dis
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1) Pre-commitment self-punishment mechanism
Last update, I said:
[AI Safety Part One] should fina-frickin'-l... 2024-01-05 16:55:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Auld Lang Syne but it calls out your failed 2023 resolutions
A silly video I made for before the end-of-year! Happy New Year, y'all! 💖
(An actual update on my next explainer, AI Safety for Fleshy Humans, will come in a few days.)
<... 2023-12-29 19:43:14 +0000 UTC View PostAI Safety piece will(?) launch this month!
Hi all! Short update this time.
Thank you all so much for the thoughtful replies on my last po...
2023-12-01 17:54:22 +0000 UTC View PostIf on an autumn night, a Nicky (Update on 5 projects)
(⏱️ reading time: 20 min)
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IMPORTANT: Patreon has finally succumbed to that awful trend: feeds in non-chronological order. ...
2023-10-28 21:14:22 +0000 UTC View PostAugh-ust* Update
(* well, September now)
( 🕓 3 min read )
Hi all,
Sorry for the no-update last month – had to take a sudden physical/mental health break. Long story s...
2023-09-01 21:34:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Cyborgs”
(⏱ reading time: 11 minutes)
Recently, three threads in my life have coincided on one word: “cyborg“.
- Thinking about the problem of how to align AI to humane values... 2023-07-03 21:03:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Bonus Mini-explainer: Gödel's Proof!
(⏱ reading time: 7 minutes)
Hi all!
Sincerest apologies for my lack of updates. I'll share more in a future post, but my last 2 months have been: lots of couch-surfi...
2023-05-26 20:15:56 +0000 UTC View PostMore AI comix, and project update
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Every. Week.
Every week that passes, my mega-explainer on AI Safety/Alignment gets more and more obsolete.
It's so weird t...
2023-04-01 00:47:34 +0000 UTC View PostPatron-exclusive sneak peek: 3 AI Safety comics
(⏱ 2 min read time)
Being an indie creator means: never, ever being able to predict how long stuff takes to make.
My next project is a mega-explainer on AI Alignment...
2023-02-21 18:49:15 +0000 UTC View PostSheriff Meowdy: an excerpt from my upcoming mega-post on AI Alignment
⏱ (reading time: 7 min)
Hi all!
I had a bunch of moving & medical-related errands in January — don't worry, I'm fine — so I didn't finish my 90-minute-read intro to A...
2023-01-31 17:53:50 +0000 UTC View PostTwo longposts on ChatGPT + an AI Alignment megapost soon!
Hi all!
This month I got sidetracked by the new, scary-good chatbot everyone's talking about: ChatGPT from OpenAI (which is not open). Well I guess it's been out a whole month, so that'...
2022-12-30 21:39:25 +0000 UTC View PostQuantum mini-sim + Voice interactives + Patreon pause policy
⏱(5 min read)
Hi all! A quick update, in five parts:
1) Quantum mini-sim (👾 + 1 playable simulation you can play!)
2) Trans voice interactives (👾 + 2 crappy pr...
Virtue Ethics project update + belated Patreon rewards
Hi all! Apologies for not updating y'all last month. My next project is a looong-form essay – augmented with Nutshell's...
2022-10-07 22:38:42 +0000 UTC View PostNew project! Nutshell: make expandable explanations
(can't see .gif above? try this link)
After 2 years of procrastinating on this project... it's fina...
2022-08-17 15:25:09 +0000 UTC View Post