Katherine Argent
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Katherine Argent
@effthealgorithm.com
Writer in Kansas City. OG blogger. Former attorney & radio journalist. I write about how big tech broke the internet and now it's breaking us.
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When you fly blind, you trust the pilot completely. But what if the pilot starts hallucinating shortly after takeoff?

Leading AI researchers warn that hiding the thought process increases dangerous results.

So why pull the curtain now? I think I know.

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Why We’re Losing Sight of How AI Thinks
Once, we could catch glimpses of how AI reached its conclusions. Now, those moments are vanishing — and that’s no accident.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
CoT is the “thinking out loud” process some AI models use to break a problem into steps. It’s like watching someone jot notes as they solve a math problem.

Those steps can reveal where the AI’s going wrong before it spits out a polished but wrong answer or, you know, tries to wipe out humanity. 2/
August 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Can’t say I blame you.
June 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I think of all the people who live to graft and grift, insulated from the consequences of their actions.

People who “move fast and break things” while adding nothing noble to our world.

That. That’s how I was radicalized.

And you? 🪡
April 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
…will never get to know. People who could’ve created things of meaning.

People who might change the world if they weren’t forced to focus on struggling to keep a roof over their heads and food in their belly.

And then? Then… 4/
April 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Tonight, I am shaken by the sense of how many lives have started and ended without leaving survival mode. How many people have struggled and did their best, and never once caught a break.

People with profound things to share. People who have insights and opinions the rest of us 3/
April 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Tuesday, when the proceeds cleared, I woke up out of survival mode for the first time since leaving home when I was 15.

Today, I wrote the first scene in the novel I’ve always wanted to write. 2/
April 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Yes! So much to be said for conveniences, especially when they’re within walking distance. What’s been surprising is seeing that most things, aside from housing, are more affordable in the city. Often better quality, too!
March 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Gosh, is he okay? Yes? Thats a shame.
March 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
1. Cleaning.
2. Organizing computer files.
3. Bluesky.
February 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM