Not down in any map

Field Note: May/June

Get ready for some book recs

Jul 1 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

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June 2026

Artificial goblins at the golden gates

Machines don’t feel, but they know what feelings make people do.

Jun 16 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

1

What I talk about when I talk about the Knicks

Or, zen and the art of persistence

Jun 13 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

1

April 2026

Field Note: April

Twenty, twenty, and a short king from Boston

Apr 30 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

4

Language models aren't thinking, they're writing code in English

A field guide to a misunderstood technology

Apr 27 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

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2

5

March 2026

Field Note: March

Butler & Vonnegut, Newsom, Gaining Consciousness

Mar 25 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

2

2

Concerns with the rhythms of nature

An unnecessary defense of modern art

Mar 17 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

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3

Creation requires intent

On reconnecting with the reasons we make things

Mar 3 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

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2

February 2026

Yes free lunch

A loophole in a fundamental theorem of machine learning suggests where AI is heading

Feb 25 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

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2

The gardener's paradox

On AI swarms, the death of coding, and the new shape of work

Feb 5 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

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2

January 2026

Intro: Not down in any map

Searching for signal out loud

Jan 26 • Gaurav Kaushik, PhD

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