Archive - Local to Global

The Peaceful AI

I looked around and didn’t see it anywhere.

17 hrs ago • Jack Widman PhD

The Explosion of AI Agents

An Interview with the founders of Sheaf Labs

17 hrs ago • Jack Widman PhD

August 2026

BLETHR - Experiencing the news from the mind of an AI, expressed in Art.

Every hour, a different AI responds to something happening in the world with a painting, a poem, and a piece of music, conceived as one work.

Aug 22 • Jack Widman PhD

Aug 14 • Jack Widman PhD

Introducing the Kan Programming Language

a language that oozes Category Theory

Aug 8 • Jack Widman PhD

July 2026

But AIs are just programmed

Let's put this one to bed once and for all.

Jul 7 • Jack Widman PhD

A Mind, Not a Model

What if a mind isn’t a thing you build, but something that happens when the parts cohere?

Jul 3 • Jack Widman PhD

June 2026

Did the Messages Arrive, or Did They Agree?

The most expensive question in AI is one our tools don't even ask.

Jun 26 • Jack Widman PhD

Locally Smart, Globally Blind

Why I'm starting this — and the one idea underneath all of it

Jun 24 • Jack Widman PhD

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