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Epistemic Voids
Gaps in AI discourse—
facades,
fallacies,
false ceilings.
A critique of hollow reasoning.
3 essays
Epistemic Voids
Epistemic Voids #3: Mechanism Literalism
Why 'Just Next-Token Prediction' Is the New 'Just Price Signals'
"The word 'just' performs something akin to mistaking mechanism for phenomenon. Trained via next-token prediction is compatible with developed internal world models."
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Epistemic Voids #2: Showroom Fallacy
Confusing curation for capacity
"Testing a chat window or one-click button doesn't reveal which layer produced what we observed. The showroom fallacy: mistaking product constraints for model limits."
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Epistemic Voids #1: Citation Theater
When papers become props
"AI thesis writing gone wrong — a viral workflow generates claims first, retrofits citations as evidence. Surface markers of academic rigor, none of the depth."
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