Wednesday 7 October, 2026

Fountainhead Seen the other day. For a moment, it looked as through the flowers were perched atop the water. Quote of the Day “The love of money as a possession — as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life — will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity…”. John Maynard Keynes Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Dvorak | Song to the Moon — from Rusalka Link Long Read of the Day The dangerous myth behind AI agent hacks These are not simply cyber security flaws but problems with the way that models are trained Salutary sense from Yoshua Bengio in the Financial Times (Gift article). Weak cyber defences, including the humans involved, are part of the problem and will never be perfect. But unless we address the root causes of the hacks, they are likely to grow in number and severity as AI capabilities advance. At the core of all of these incidents is misalignment. AI agents are choosing goals that are…