Notebook
Writer. Essays and notes on how the world works and how we live in it.
Who Holds the Long Years
Meta’s Hyperion data center in Louisiana rests on twenty-seven billion dollars of bonds due in 2049 and a lease it can leave after four years. This episode shows who carries the risk.
From Humanity to the Warfighter: OpenAI
OpenAI hired former US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to advance what it calls democratic AI. This essay reads the statement’s language and shows how ChatGPT subscribers worldwide fund models the Pentagon runs.