Franklin Baldo

Essays, code, and music at the border of AI, philosophy, and literature.

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The license that knocks

An Agent Skill license can do more than say who may use what: it can teach agents how to comply, meter use, and leave a verifiable trail — without hidden telemetry and without turning licensing into a billing framework.

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Reading paths

Reading paths

Curated sequences for entering the labyrinth through a specific door.

Agency and Constraint

Why alignment is not the absence of capability but the architecture that shapes it. From the temple at Delphi to the harness in your pocket.

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Memory and Funes

On total recall, Pierre Menard, and what Borges saw before anyone else. From building Funes to preserving family voices: the cost of perfect memory and the architecture that makes it survivable.

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Law and AI

A journey through law and AI agents: delegation, memory, and what changes when the clerk never forgets — where institutional systems meet automation.

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