# Journal Essays on working and thinking with AI, from the people at ZeroWidth. [![A yellow print of red curling figures with faces, scattered among black tally marks.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/on-stratified-attention-part-3-of-3.jpg) Latest ## On Stratified Attention, Part 3 of 3, The Teachable Hive The Onus of Adaptability Must Be Shared by Organizations Oct 13, 2026·Ian Belknap ](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/on-stratified-attention-part-3-of-3) ## Series ![A yellow print of red curling figures with faces, scattered among black tally marks.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/on-stratified-attention-part-3-of-3.jpg)3 parts **On Stratified Attention** 2026See allHide 1. [1On Stratified Attention, Part 1 of 3. Jul 31, 2026](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/on-stratified-attention-part-1-of-3) 2. [2On Stratified Attention, Part 2 of 3. Aug 19, 2026](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/on-stratified-attention-part-2-of-3) 3. [3On Stratified Attention, Part 3 of 3, The Teachable Hive. Oct 13, 2026](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/on-stratified-attention-part-3-of-3) ![A woodcut-style print of two men in black, one speaking into the other's ear, with a great tangle of white ribbons filling the space below them.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/llm-mindset-myth-6-ai-can-talk-to-you.jpg)8 parts **LLM Mindset Myths** 2025See allHide 1. [1LLMs and Mindset Myths - an Introduction. Feb 13, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/llms-and-mindset-myths-an-introduction) 2. [2LLM Mindset Myth #1: AI is an ANSWER MACHINE. Feb 20, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/llm-mindset-myth-1-ai-is-an-answer-machine) 3. [3LLM Mindset Myth #2: AI is GOOD TO GO. Apr 4, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/llm-mindset-myth-2-ai-is-good-to-go) 4. [4LLM Mindset Myth # 3, Part 1: AI is a REPLACEMENT -. May 1, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/llm-mindset-myth-3-part-1-ai-is-a-replacement) 5. [5LLM Mindset Myth # 3, Part 2 - AI is a REPLACEMENT. May 2, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/llm-mindset-myth-3-part-2-ai-is-a-replacement) 6. [6LLM Mindset Myth #4: The BIGGER the AI, the SMARTER IT IS. May 23, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/llm-mindset-myth-4-the-bigger-the-ai-the-smarter-it-is) 7. [7LLM Mindset Myth #5: Implementing AI is PURELY TECHNICAL. Jun 2, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/llm-mindset-myth-5-implementing-ai-is-purely-technical) 8. [8LLM Mindset Myth # 6 - AI Can Talk to You. Sep 4, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/llm-mindset-myth-6-ai-can-talk-to-you) ![A coloured card of a fox looking at a human mask on a table beside an open book.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/the-mechanical-turk-part-3.jpg)3 parts **The Mechanical Turk** 2025See allHide 1. [1The Mechanical Turk, Part 1: Lying Liar Filled With Lies. Jan 29, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/the-mechanical-turk-part-1) 2. [2The Mechanical Turk, Part 2: Lying Liar Filled With Promise. Jan 30, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/the-mechanical-turk-part-2) 3. [3The Mechanical Turk, Part 3: Lying Liar Filled With Power. Jan 31, 2025](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/the-mechanical-turk-part-3) ![A diagram showing how to tie a monkey's fist knot, step by step.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/who-even-are-you-people-part-3-pete-binggeser.jpg)3 parts **Who Even Are You People?** 2024See allHide 1. [1Who Even ARE You People? Part 1. Nov 14, 2024](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/who-even-are-you-people-part-1) 2. [2Who Even Are You People? Part 2: John Cain. Nov 21, 2024](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/who-even-are-you-people-part-2-john-cain) 3. [3Who Even Are You People? Part 3: Pete Binggeser. Dec 5, 2024](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/who-even-are-you-people-part-3-pete-binggeser) ## Essays [![A black and white drawing of a huge wave curling over a small town with a church spire.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/the-to-do-list-of-sisyphus.jpg) Apr 22, 2026 - **The To-Do List of Sisyphus** So this AI company spent a mess of money to hire Matthew Broderick to do a down-tempo version of his decades-ago Ferris Bueller character...](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/the-to-do-list-of-sisyphus) [![A Japanese woodblock print across three panels, showing dozens of cats in different poses, each with a small red label.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/semantic-wayfinding.jpg) Mar 20, 2026 - **Semantic Wayfinding** The Entwined Strands of Thought and Language of Which Novel Conceptions Are Comprised and How the Discipline of Inspiration](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/semantic-wayfinding) [![A medieval manuscript painting of a lion with a grimacing, human-like face, crouched inside a red and blue border.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/consulting-the-generalist.jpg) Feb 3, 2026 - **Consulting the Generalist** AI Grows Less Daunting When You Confront Its Vagueness](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/consulting-the-generalist) [![A French print titled Images Virtuelles, showing two round mirrors on stands, one concave and one convex, each with a candle beside it.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/the-primacy-of-people.jpg) Jun 19, 2025 - **The Primacy of People - AI’s Virtues and Flaws Belong to Us** The prime asset, the actual brains behind, the true decision maker, the only free will and agency underlying ANY AI system or platform is a HUMAN ACTOR.](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/the-primacy-of-people) [![A natural-history engraving of an octopus with its arms spread wide, with smaller detail drawings beside it.](https://zerowidth.ai/img/journal/of-cuttlefish-steam-power-and-killbots.jpg) Nov 7, 2024 - **Of Cuttlefish, Steam Power, and Killbots** Welcome to Distributed Cognition](https://zerowidth.ai/journal/of-cuttlefish-steam-power-and-killbots)