thermodynamics – John Rector

Forgetting Was Free

November 3, 2026November 3, 2026 jsrector

For all of human history, remembering was expensive and forgetting was free — decay did it for you, and every fresh start was built on it. AI just flipped that asymmetry, and from now on forgetting is something someone has to choose, design, and pay for. … readForgetting Was Free

Artificial Intelligence

Latent Heat

November 2, 2026November 2, 2026 jsrector

A melting system holds its temperature while every bond inside it breaks. Joseph Black called the hidden energy latent, and it is the best description of this moment in AI: the flat chart is not proof that nothing is happening — it is what a melt reads like on a thermometer. … readLatent Heat