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TFP Field Notes
Snapshots of what it feels like to live through an extraordinary period of technological change. Observations from the journey, not declarations from the destination.
Gill’s Field Notes - Shared Human Experience in the AI Era. Live ethnographic observations from the front lines of machine intelligence. Gill Malfin documents how human behaviour, language, and culture evolve alongside AI.
Not every discovery begins with a headline. Some begin with simply noticing.
TFP Field Notes are different. These aren’t reactions to someone else’s article or opinion. They begin with observations made while living, writing, travelling, experimenting with AI, creating images, coaching, or simply paying attention to the world.
A small moment. An unexpected behaviour. A recurring pattern. A quiet question that refuses to disappear.
Each observation is then explored through the TRUE · FALSE · PIN IT framework, often inviting perspectives from multiple frontier AI models before reaching a conclusion - or deciding that the most truthful place is still the pin.
Think of these as a working journal of curiosity.
Not polished theories.
Not declarations of truth.
Simply observations gathered from the field, examined with care, and shared in the hope they help others notice the world a little differently.
Field Notes explores the conversations that begin with noticing.
August 2026 Field Notes to Explore
If Every Nation Builds Its Own AI, Will Intelligence Converge Anyway?
Could intelligence ultimately share a common source? Or
Could independently built artificial intelligences converge because they are learning the same reality?
Very different questions. Interesting resonance.
When Everyone Is Just Doing Their Job - Who Owns the Consequences?
Meta’s enormous settlement with US states over allegations concerning the effects of Facebook and Instagram on children and teenagers.
The headline number was difficult to miss: $17 billion.
My first reaction wasn’t simply, Good. Regulation. It was: Who actually gets the money? And who is responsible?
When AI Makes Us Feel Seen?
Three unsolicited emails hit my inbox. Each appeared to have researched me. But is it a human or an AI Agent?
Can Any One Country Govern Al Alone?
AI crosses borders faster than regulation ever could. As nations write their own rules, one uncomfortable question remains: can something this global ever really be governed nationally?
The Power in the Pin - The Experiment
One question. Three AI assistants. One simple framework. What changed wasn’t necessarily what the AI knew - but how clearly its uncertainty became visible.
Did the Al Really Escape or Did the Headline?
An AI appeared to escape its sandbox, and the headlines followed. But what actually happened? A closer look at the gap between a remarkable technical event and the story we tell about it.
Is Quantum Computing Really About the Stock Market?
While social media talks bubbles, Bitcoin and gold, governments are investing for very different reasons. Follow the incentives and a much bigger picture appears.
When Did We Stop Talking About Quantum Physics?
Quantum physics once dominated conversations about the future. Then AI seemed to swallow the room. Did quantum disappear - or did our attention simply move elsewhere?
Who Benefits Most from the Al Gold Rush?
Every gold rush creates prospectors and people selling the shovels. As billions pour into AI, this Field Note follows the money and asks who may ultimately benefit most.
Could Insurance Become AI’s Quiet Regulator?
Governments are wrestling with how to regulate AI. But what if another industry quietly gets there first? A look at how risk, liability and insurance could influence the rules AI eventually has to live by.
Could We Become So Good at Detecting AI That We Start Finding It Before It Existed?
Transparency matters. Provenance matters. If an image or piece of writing has been generated by artificial intelligence, surely having a way to establish where it came from is a good thing.
Could the Power in the Pin Matter When AI Starts Talking to AI?
Anthropic’s study highlighted problems in multi-agent systems, including premature convergence, difficulty balancing trust with scepticism, failure to communicate dissenting evidence effectively - agents interpreting resource conflicts as deliberate obstruction. Sounds very TFP?
July 2026 Field Notes to Explore
Could Al Interrupt the Human Power of Manifesting?
If attention helps shape intention, what happens when algorithms increasingly decide what receives our attention? A curious meeting point between psychology, technology and an older human idea.
If You Could Press the Red Button - Would You?
Imagine being offered one button capable of stopping AI completely. Would pressing it protect humanity - or prevent something extraordinary? Sometimes the revealing part isn’t the answer, but why we chose it.
Al Interaction - The Written Word?
Spelling, punctuation, rhythm and tone carry traces of culture and identity. As AI becomes a writing partner to millions, could our written language quietly begin converging?
Al - The Bias Isn't Always Where You Might Think?
We talk endlessly about bias inside AI. But what about the bias we bring to the conversation ourselves? An observation about machines, humans and the assumptions travelling quietly between them.
Al Can't Go to Prison?
We increasingly allow AI to recommend, decide and act. But when something goes badly wrong, the machine cannot stand in court and accept responsibility. So, who does?
Is Al Quietly Influencing the Written Word?
Something subtle happens when humans spend hours writing alongside machines. Our language influences AI - but could its language also begin influencing ours?