AItchy and ScrAItchy in KrAIzy Kat

Several attempts by AI to mimic the inimitable George Herriman

Nov 24 • David B. Auerbach

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The Aesthetic Reverse Turing Test

The revival of aesthetics through the cracked mirror of AI

Nov 21 • David B. Auerbach

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Zohran Mamdani is No Eugene Debs

Forget ideology: it's about everything else

Nov 5 • David B. Auerbach

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October 2025

The Mythology of László Krasznahorkai

A brief overview of his work and themes

Oct 9 • David B. Auerbach

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September 2025

The Ascent of Lovecraft

Gnostic meaning in a time of chaos

Sep 12 • David B. Auerbach

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The Modern Subject No Longer Exists

Neither does the postmodern subject for that matter

Sep 4 • David B. Auerbach

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June 2025

AI Translates Pushkin

Translation and the nature of plagiarism

Jun 17 • David B. Auerbach

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May 2025

Grief is Very Private

Something about nothing

May 21 • David B. Auerbach

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April 2025

ChatGPT, Insincerity, and Inauthenticity

ChatGPT Condemns Itself and Its Creators

Apr 17 • David B. Auerbach

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Trump, Negotiation, and Capitulation

The eternal collective action problem

Apr 16 • David B. Auerbach

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Dismal Hubris

The intellectual history of free trade and its downfall

Apr 8 • David B. Auerbach

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March 2025

The Rise of the True Moral Order

A very, very old fable

Mar 17 • David B. Auerbach

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