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Open models, open questions
Is there an overlooked business opportunity in open models?
Aug 5 • Kamila Selig

July 2026

Loops and self-improving agents in the real world
Out of 9 running in production, only 2 had a key element: verifier grounded in the real world
Jul 22 • Kamila Selig
Why the Remote Labor Index jump doesn't mean AI replaces jobs
... about real-world automation of knowledge work and enterprise workflows
Jul 14 • Kamila Selig
The more capable the agent, the more Forward Deployed Engineers you hire to deploy it
What the 2010s software boom tells us about the state of enterprise AI
Jul 9 • Kamila Selig
Do not overcomplicate: Agentic Harness
Enough of an overview to understand but not enough to get stuck
Jul 6 • Kamila Selig

June 2026

Every emerging tech has to yield to the Muck Layer
Most knowledge jobs - regardless how online they seem - have a moat that protects them from being replaced by pure automation, a deep “muck layer”.
Jun 29 • Kamila Selig
AI safety needs more people who deploy stuff in the real world
There’s a looming brittleness of "fast ROI" approach that can quickly multiply across finance, healthcare, institutional underpinning of everyday life
Jun 1 • Kamila Selig
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