Archive - Life in the Singularity

Where Are The Technology Gains?

We were promised Star Trek. We got a subscription model for oxygen. It's time to understand why the Golden Age was canceled, and who canceled it.

10 hrs ago • Matt McDonagh

Software Engineering In the Age of AI

The ceiling has raised, but the floor has fallen out.

Jan 10 • Matt McDonagh

Building an AI Exoskeleton

And A Digital Twin To Command Your Agent Swarm

Jan 7 • Matt McDonagh

How to Use AI to Accelerate Your Mind

We are drowning in information.

Jan 3 • Matt McDonagh

December 2025

Building a God-Proof Wall

We are birthing a digital super-intelligence.

Dec 27, 2025 • Matt McDonagh

Don't Tax the Robots!

"Tax the Robots" is the dumbest idea I've heard Mark Cuban utter.

Dec 25, 2025 • Matt McDonagh

In a recent post on a related site, Wealth Systems, I made the case AI agents will spend (and save) in Bitcoin.

Dec 23, 2025 • Matt McDonagh

Intelligence and Energy Too Cheap to Meter

Moving from Science to Simulation

Dec 20, 2025 • Matt McDonagh

LLMs Are Bootloading AGI

I’ve been saying LLMs aren’t AGI for longer than Yann LeCun..

Dec 19, 2025 • Matt McDonagh

Thermodynamic Security

The Post-Truth Stack

Dec 18, 2025 • Matt McDonagh

AI Has Changed Software Engineering

And the Smart Engineers Couldn't Be Happier

Dec 14, 2025 • Matt McDonagh

Monolithic Architecture Dominance in the Age of AI

For ten years, you have been sold a lie.

Dec 13, 2025 • Matt McDonagh

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