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One Compression Ratio Doesn’t Fit All
Your brain runs three memory systems. Your AI agent runs one. That’s the bug.
Apr 3
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Joe Spano
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The Retrieval Problem That Is Ignored
Everyone’s building better memory systems. Almost nobody is asking the harder question: how do you know what to remember right now?
Apr 1
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Joe Spano
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March 2026
The AI I Was Promised
How the dream of human-AI collaboration got hijacked, and why I’m taking it back
Mar 26
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Joe Spano
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Your Agent’s Context Window Is Not a Junk Drawer
Why the “throw everything in and let the model sort it out” approach is the agent equivalent of studying by highlighting the entire textbook.
Mar 25
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Joe Spano
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Every AI Agent Builds the Same App
Do you miss the early 2010s? Well, you're in luck.
Mar 20
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Joe Spano
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The Consciousness Question Nobody Can Answer
What is below the prompt?
Mar 18
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Joe Spano
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Designed to Be Misunderstood
The First-Person Illusion Behind Every AI Response
Mar 3
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Joe Spano
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February 2026
The ELIZA Effect at Scale
How a 1966 Chatbot Predicted the Emotional Economy of AI
Feb 25
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Joe Spano
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Why Your AI Agent Ignores Its Own Instructions
My AI agent follows directions exactly as well as my kids do
Feb 17
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Joe Spano
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Please Forget Me
Why perfect memory might be the wrong goal
Feb 13
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Joe Spano
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Your AI Agent Treats All Memories Equal (And That’s a Problem)
Why your agent remembers lunch but forgets the launch.
Feb 9
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Joe Spano
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Your AI Agent Deserves Its Own Email Address
They’re being exploited to generate more spam, so it might be better to let them join in on the fun.
Feb 6
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Joe Spano
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