Julien Thibaut — Brussels, May 2026. A set of stress-tested principles, not a concluded thesis. To be argued with, extended, and connected. I. On AI as Infrastructure 1. AI amplifies existing competence — it does not replace the need for it. AI is a multiplier on human quality. A weak operator gets
Operator-Owned SMBs as Fitness-Search Engines for yet-to-be-discovered Power-Law Returns what the fuck ? Vocabulary (three terms this thesis leans on) Three concepts do most of the structural work in this document. Defined once here so the rest of the thesis can move fast. Fitness search / fitness peak. The thesis's
A few takes backed by sources : Llm are just glorified autocorrects Wikipedia , mathematically proofed to hallucinate for ever FlowingData . Its a crude tech really. I'm saying this from experience, read on. But it's marketed as genius, matured, caring about you, get-in-or-loose-your-job FOMO tactics. There is just
I found this image of the dark entry to the temple of Ta Prohm in a National Geographic magazine. It called me. I cut it out and I pasted it on my vision board. And without conscious action, right next to it, I cut the word: WHO? And the questions
I rediscovered music through cassettes One day I was listening to my Discover Weekly, which I do every week to discover new songs on Spotify. I really liked one song. I put it in my Likes and I was curious about the artist because the music was Haitian. I thought
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