All The Things

Andrew Gibbs

wherein Andrew Gibbs explores a hybrid blogging/podcasting modality for an assortment of topics

  1. Claude Cashier

    5D AGO

    Claude Cashier

    I'm not sure how to feel about all this. On the one hand, my talents have never been more valuable, as AI has amplified my talents without (yet) subsuming them, but on the other hand I feel like I may have forever lost the permission to engage in a certain form of craftsmanship. To find a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content, go here. To subscribe to the blog: https://blog.awgibbs.com/subscribe/ For additional reading and listening, please consider the following: * Farewell To Punch Cards* Waking Up To The Real Challenges Of AI* The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment

    10 min
  2. The Long Road To Tragedy

    FEB 3

    The Long Road To Tragedy

    Ideally those charged with the safety, security, and efficacy of systems would proactively monitor and analyze leading indicators that hint of tragedy to come. Second best, then, is at least to have a framework, workforce, mandate, and will to diagnose the root cause of a tragedy once manifested, in the hopes of preventing not just similar ones but also understanding what other hazards lurk just below the surface. For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/02/03/the-long-road-to-tragedy/ To subscribe to the blog: https://blog.awgibbs.com/subscribe/ For additional reading and listening, please consider the following: * Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm Thirty Five* From Signal Pete To Deep Fake Rubio* The Data Engineer's Struggle In a Fragmented And Politicized World* The Hamfisted Hegemon* To Kill A Democracy* Path Dependent Perils* This Is Not Fine* Beyond Boats* Guns, Germs, and Steel... And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment* Put Your Amygdala On Ice* The Kill-And-Smear

    48 min
  3. The Kill-And-Smear

    JAN 25

    The Kill-And-Smear

    The playbook takes shape. For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/24/the-kill-and-smear/ To subscribe to the blog: https://blog.awgibbs.com/subscribe/

    3 min
  4. Put Your Amygdala On Ice

    JAN 10

    Put Your Amygdala On Ice

    I tried to beam some positive energy into the world on Wednesday with a video of Little Kitty reveling in a fresh feather attached to the wand. Having posted a clip to social media, I then headed out for an afternoon's skiing, but when I later pulled up Facebook in the lodge I was, alas, greeted not by happy reactions to feline frivolity but rather a clip from CNN of ICE fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good. This perspective seemed fairly damning in certain regards, to a degree I found myself tempted to react immediately, but instead I put my amygdala in jail to cool down, resolving to allow more of the story to clarify before sharing a take. For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/09/put-your-amygdala-on-ice/

    22 min
  5. Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment

    JAN 6

    Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment

    Three Years Of LLMs: The Run-Up, Realities, Risks, and Road Ahead For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/06/agency-accountability-architecture-autarky-alignment/

    1h 26m
  6. Guns, Germs, and Steel… And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics

    12/21/2025

    Guns, Germs, and Steel… And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics

    So many genies are long out of the bottle and just can't go back. Three and a half billion years into an unceasing arms race on this ball of rock, that is just the inescapable nature of things. Authoritarian regimes episodically make a run at controlling these genies but ultimately fail because the controls prove too horrifying, the temptations toward abuse too great, and the complexity ultimately unmanageable. We would do well instead to take a cue from the domains of security engineering and distributed systems, accept an imperfect universe, and strive to have fault-tolerant systems where the design leverages compensating controls and operators regularly perform root cause analysis on failures. There are more choices available to us than authoritarianism and anarchy. For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/21/guns-germs-and-steel-and-a-few-other-uncomfortable-topics/

    26 min
  7. The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking

    12/18/2025

    The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking

    As the world grows ever more complex and the leverage of various products and services to help us navigate this complexity becomes ever more compelling, the temptation to outsource our thinking becomes enormous… but all it takes to realize the risks of such dependency is to accidentally close Google Maps on your phone when beyond the reach of cell towers. I gather most people have experienced this particular horror at least once yet most of us still likely behave in a way that presumes being saturated in high-bandwidth/low-latency reality with access to our favorite magic most of the time. Occasionally crazy stuff happens when S3, GitHub, CloudFlare, or CrowdStrike takes a dump but then a day later we're all back to worshipping at the alter of efficiency no matter how much tail risk imperils our way of being. Nuclear weapons, anybody? For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/18/the-perils-of-outsourced-thinking/

    14 min
  8. Beyond Boats

    12/07/2025

    Beyond Boats

    Watching the rising clamor around the Venezuelan boat debacle, I feel reflexively tempted to perform the "Orange Man Bad" ritual, because the situation strikes me as legitimately bad both in principle and precedent, to say nothing of the capriciousness and hypocrisy, but I don't imagine we will have a useful conversation that transcends present tribalism without zooming out to an historical arc that long predates either Trump presidency. Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/07/beyond-boats/

    25 min
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wherein Andrew Gibbs explores a hybrid blogging/podcasting modality for an assortment of topics

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  • Creator
    Andrew Gibbs
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    31
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    © 2026 Andrew Gibbs
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