AIGORA (AI + agora) is a vision for a human-centered AI ecosystem — a decentralized, liquid marketplace where individuals find AI products that deserve their trust. It reframes the future of artificial intelligence not as a zero-sum race between monopolistic platforms, but as a flourishing commons of interoperable agents, governed by permission, reputation, and mutual benefit. In the age of AI, humans will win — not by outcompeting machines, but by designing systems where our trust, values, and agency are sovereign.
Designing your own Schgaguler
The process he describes is sufficiently profound, important, and under-explored that I've started calling it "Designing your own Schgaguler": 1. Identify an experience that creates a compelling sublime feeling 2. Collect items that remind you of that feeling 3. Work with the universe to own a context for creating that feeling 4. Patiently build it 5. Tell others about the journey, using the result as an example
My Paradigm for AI in Education Was Wrong
Julia Freeland Fisher (on Class Disrupted) puts her finger on the real existential risk of AI: ensuring we prioritize human connection over simulated experiences.
A Language With No ‘=’: My Journey to Homoiconic C
came of age in the 1980s, as the C programming language and UNIX operating system were becoming the gold standard for "serious" computing. I was taught that: - Lisp reflects how computers **think** - C reflects how computers **work** - Shell scripts reflect how humans **write** I never questioned this split ....
The Fifth Loop of Universal Causation: Status
Athena: Humanity has mastered the physical, thrived biologically, developed language to shape meaning, and built narratives to create purpose. But beneath it all lies a more primal force: Status. Is this the hidden engine of causation, organizing hierarchies, influencing behavior, and even steering entire civilizations? Let’s discuss.
TSM-13B: Homoiconic C as a Unifying Substrate for Math and Physics
“Indeed, the ability to treat code as data means we can dynamically construct and modify our models, adapting to new insights and requirements without overhauling our foundational framework.”
Blueprint for Emergence (ChatGPT as Isaac Asimov)
This blueprint does not merely describe a model of physics; it envisions a universal science of emergence. By understanding how simple relational principles give rise to the richness of reality, we might uncover not only the laws of physics but the fundamental logic underlying existence itself.
TSM-12: RELIGN: A Homoiconic Language for Synchronous, Stateful Reactive Hardware Design
As the inventor of Verilog, give a keynote at DAC about an ideal hardware design language based on TBC and Hexons that combines the syncronicity of SIGNAL with the statefulness of Erlang.ChatGPT Prompt (condensed) Opening: Setting the Stage Phil Good morning, everyone. It’s great to be here at DAC—a conference that brings together the best... Continue Reading →
TSM-11: The Next WAVE of Computing — Whole Architecture Validating Encoders
WAVEs promise to redefine how we design, optimize, and deploy applications by tightly coupling software and hardware in ways previously unimaginable. With WAVEs, developers can create applications without worrying about hardware constraints, while the WAVE ensures the resulting design is perfectly mapped to hardware optimized for power, performance, and efficiency.
TSM-10.3: Hexons – Unifying Hardware and Software Through a Post-Object Model
This idea builds on a concept I’ve long championed: **software and hardware aren’t distinct entities but two expressions of the same fundamental processes**. Hexons aim to reflect this by collapsing the boundary between the two, offering a new kind of computational atom that works equally well at the hardware and software levels.

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