Franklin Baldo

Notes on AI, law, and systems.

Proof of Taste: The Hrönir Encyclopedia Protocol Jun 13, 2026 8 min read ai
The Phantom Critic: Hrönir, Jules, and the Limits of Automated Taste Jun 13, 2026 12 min read ai
Census, Not Sample Jun 05, 2026 17 min read ai
The Rivers Don't Stop: Five Lessons We Keep Forgetting Jun 03, 2026 4 min read philosophy
It's Raining Truth May 31, 2026 28 min read philosophy
Two Questions, Out Loud May 17, 2026 22 min read philosophy
Three Hammers Walk Into a Bar May 15, 2026 12 min read ai
Who the asterisk protects May 15, 2026 21 min read lgpd
Pierre Menard, Computational Researcher May 14, 2026 13 min read research
The Agent That Doesn't Invent Verbs May 14, 2026 16 min read ai
The Jules API as a Harness Backend May 10, 2026 5 min read artificial intelligence
The Serpent's Egg May 10, 2026 12 min read law

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 state attorney's journey into AI agents: delegation, memory, and what changes when the clerk never forgets — seen from someone who builds at night and argues in court by day.

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