Andrew Chalmers
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Notes and essays on ethics, intelligence, and the systems we build.

I write about ethics, intelligence, and the systems we build. This site collects pieces I've written and pieces I endorse — essays, notes, code, and the artifacts that pile up around them. → about

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  • The Transmutation of MeaningA personal post-mortem of the company I bootstrapped to build one specific thing — what it cost, why it didn't click in time, and what trying to lift the world taught me. — 6,062 wordsstartupsaimeaningmemoirJun 3, 2026
  • System AttentionWhy the limiting factor of leading agent architectures isn't model intelligence. Harness design, distributed scheduling, and shared language substrates reduce to one problem — deciding what deserves attention, priced — and transformers only solved it inside the context window. — 4,195 wordsaisystemsinfrastructureMay 2, 2026
  • The Great EstrangementA technologist's speculation on the long-term economic impact of recent AI agent advances — and a 'view from the ground' on actionable investment response. — 2,065 wordsaieconomicsinvestingFeb 9, 2026
  • Knowledge and WisdomThree parables on the is-ought gap, anthropic ethics, and why some truths must remain unproven. — 2,266 wordsphilosophyethicsepistemologyNov 14, 2025