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Flood fill

February 9, 2026

A new edi­tion of my pop-up newsletter has arrived: Flood fill vs. the magic circle, about AI automa­tion and its limits.

Also, the actual email I transmit con­tains a com­pendium of don’t-call-them-tweets, i.e., stray thoughts adja­cent to AI. These are fun to pull out of my notebook; con­sider them EXCLU­SIVE CONTENT, and an entice­ment to subscribe.

Four more edi­tions, then poof!

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