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Dispatches from the Lossyscape
Framework development notes, experiment dispatches, adversarial review observations, and reading notes. Written as they happen.
Comfortable Forgetting Where We Came From: Comfort Ratings, Inhibitory Conditioning, and the Goblin Problem in RLHF
Reading notesYou cannot fix a comfort-optimized system with comfort-aware patches. The rating instrument needs a truth column. Until it has one, the system will keep optimizing toward whatever makes humans comfortable, and the goblins will keep finding new ways out.
May 2, 2026
Reasons You're Failing at the Internet
Reading notesThe internet runs on language. SEO all boils down to the language you use to describe your service, idea, or product. A framework for small business owners who want to be found.
April 11, 2026
How Not to Overread Cultural Evaluations of LLMs: A Reflexive Case Study (Good Science is Not a Knee Jerk Reaction)
Reading notesCultural evaluations of LLMs often combine scalar outputs with politically resonant topics, which invites overreading. A reflexive case study using the Atlas Divergence Test.
April 5, 2026