Getting Gooier

How AI is transforming humans

May 2 • Venkatesh Rao

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April 2026

AI in World Machine Theory

The telos of AI is to create liveness at planetary scale

Apr 25 • Venkatesh Rao

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Writing Liveness

The message of the medium of generated text is liveness

Apr 19 • Venkatesh Rao

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Intentions have a surprising amount of detail

Auteur managerialism, the myth of one-shotting, and the chindogufication of engineering

Apr 10 • Venkatesh Rao

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On Cooling America Out

We've been the marks of our own long cons, all the way up

Apr 5 • Venkatesh Rao

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March 2026

The World Machines Project

Yes, we're doing this nonfiction extended universe dammit

Mar 28 • Venkatesh Rao

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Rediscovering Irony

Counterprogramming cancerous sincerity and the cult of authenticity with AI assistance

Mar 22 • Venkatesh Rao

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Contraption Mansion

An old bit becomes a new it

Mar 16 • Venkatesh Rao

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February 2026

Archival Selves

What happens when you pay off all your intention debts?

Feb 28 • Venkatesh Rao

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The Divergence Machine II

Progress as a non-stationary argument

Feb 22 • Venkatesh Rao

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Protocolized Writing Workshop

Your chance to race to the frontier of modern AI-forward writing and publishing

Feb 17 • Venkatesh Rao

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vgr: The Twitter Years (2007-22)

I made my twitter into a very nice online book

Feb 15 • Venkatesh Rao

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