Mark Erdmann’s Hatched Ideas

Why Models Learn Better After They Stop Memorizing

Why Models Learn Better After They Stop Memorizing

Jun 3, 2026

When Intelligence Learns to Guess and to Know It Knows

When Intelligence Learns to Guess and to Know It Knows

Jun 2, 2026

When Models Learn the Function but Still Fail the Job

When Models Learn the Function but Still Fail the Job

Jun 1, 2026

When AI Passes the Test but Fails the Job

When AI Passes the Test but Fails the Job

May 31, 2026

Why the Best Prompts Behave Like Trained Models

Why the Best Prompts Behave Like Trained Models

May 30, 2026

The Prompt Is the Mind: What Benchmark Design and Lucid Dreaming Have in Common

The Prompt Is the Mind: What Benchmark Design and Lucid Dreaming Have in Common

May 29, 2026

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Your Thermostat Is a Cognition Policy, Not a Comfort Knob

Your Thermostat Is a Cognition Policy, Not a Comfort Knob

May 28, 2026

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The Hidden Similarity Between AI Benchmarks and Style Presets: Both Reward What Can Be Reproduced

May 27, 2026

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Why the Future of AI May Be Less About Reasoning and More About Better Search

Why the Future of AI May Be Less About Reasoning and More About Better Search

May 26, 2026

Why Benchmarks Fail at the Two Things That Matter Most: Real Work and Real Life

Why Benchmarks Fail at the Two Things That Matter Most: Real Work and Real Life

May 25, 2026

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The New Bottleneck in AI Is Not Intelligence, It Is Orchestration

The New Bottleneck in AI Is Not Intelligence, It Is Orchestration

May 24, 2026

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The Hidden Test for Intelligent Systems: Can They Compress the World Without Confusing It?

The Hidden Test for Intelligent Systems: Can They Compress the World Without Confusing It?

May 23, 2026

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Why the Next Great Interface for AI Looks More Human Than Technical

Why the Next Great Interface for AI Looks More Human Than Technical

May 22, 2026

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The Real Bottleneck in AI Is Not Intelligence, It Is Diversity

The Real Bottleneck in AI Is Not Intelligence, It Is Diversity

May 21, 2026

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The Hidden Operating System: Why Lasting Performance Depends on Both Human Habits and Machine Vision

The Hidden Operating System: Why Lasting Performance Depends on Both Human Habits and Machine Vision

May 20, 2026

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When Intelligence Becomes Cheap, Privacy Becomes Expensive

When Intelligence Becomes Cheap, Privacy Becomes Expensive

May 19, 2026

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Why Your Model Eval Should Be as Small as Your Prompt

Why Your Model Eval Should Be as Small as Your Prompt

May 18, 2026

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Why Intelligence Needs a Map, Not Just a Better Engine

Why Intelligence Needs a Map, Not Just a Better Engine

May 17, 2026

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What if Your Life Is More Like a Benchmark Than a Biography?

What if Your Life Is More Like a Benchmark Than a Biography?

May 16, 2026

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Why the Best Answerers First Learn to Doubt Themselves

Why the Best Answerers First Learn to Doubt Themselves

May 15, 2026

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The Real Benchmark Is Not Intelligence, It Is Locality

The Real Benchmark Is Not Intelligence, It Is Locality

May 14, 2026

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Why Scale Fails Without Diversity, and Why Diversity Fails Without Constraints

Why Scale Fails Without Diversity, and Why Diversity Fails Without Constraints

May 13, 2026

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Why the Smartest LLMs Are Becoming Better at Stopping to Think

Why the Smartest LLMs Are Becoming Better at Stopping to Think

May 12, 2026

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Why Models Fail When They Learn Too Locally

Why Models Fail When They Learn Too Locally

May 11, 2026

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Why the Smartest AI May Need a Walk, a Wearable, and a Search Tree

Why the Smartest AI May Need a Walk, a Wearable, and a Search Tree

May 10, 2026

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Why Generalization Fails Until You Change the Question

Why Generalization Fails Until You Change the Question

May 9, 2026

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The Real Breakthrough Is Not Reasoning, It Is Better Search

The Real Breakthrough Is Not Reasoning, It Is Better Search

May 8, 2026

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When Models Stop Answering and Start Thinking Like Apprentices

When Models Stop Answering and Start Thinking Like Apprentices

May 7, 2026

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The Interface Is Becoming Taste: Why AI Tools Need Style, Not Just Power

The Interface Is Becoming Taste: Why AI Tools Need Style, Not Just Power

May 6, 2026

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Why Speed and Beauty Are the Same Competitive Advantage