Archive - Scott Townsend

Pastor: Are you left behind?

What happened | What to do now | How to finish well

Aug 24

Does AI Really Make Coders More Productive?

A Deep Dive into a Massive Study

Aug 20 •

Scott E. Townsend

An Open Letter to Pastors (Part 4 of 4)

The Watchman Community is here for you...

Aug 17

Meta's TRIBE Model and the Future of Mind-Reading AI

It's trained to predict brain response to stimuli across multiple modalities, cortical areas and individuals...oh no

Aug 13 •

Scott E. Townsend

An Open Letter to Pastors (Part 3 of 4)

The Watchman Community is here for you...

Aug 10

OpenAI Releases an Open-Source AI Model

GPT-OSS Brings Open-Source AI Back in a Big Way

Aug 6 •

Scott E. Townsend

An Open Letter to Pastors (Part 2 of 4)

The Watchman Community is here for you...

Aug 3

July 2025

Are AI Systems Teaching Themselves Now?

A Look at the "AlphaGo Moment" for Self-Improving AI

Jul 30 •

Scott E. Townsend

An Open Letter to Pastors (Part 1 of 4)

The Watchman Community is here for you...

Jul 27 •

Scott E. Townsend

The AI Illusion

Why Today's "Smart" Machines Aren't Actually Thinking

Jul 16 •

Scott E. Townsend

AI Companions (Part 4 of 4)

Are people yoking themselves to a machine?

Jul 9

AI Companions (Part 3 of 4)

Are people yoking themselves to a machine?

Jul 2

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