Avi Perera writing journal

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I like to write about things like AI, productivity, travel, and other stuff I'm interested in. Hopefully you'll find some of it interesting too.

Avi Perera writes about when Algorithms Go to War

When Algorithms Go to War: Inside the New Military-AI-Industrial Complex

A research analysis of the PAX and Privacy International report — from a Geneva conference room to the boardrooms of...
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The Algorithm’s Kill Chain: The Future of Military AI

As world leaders gathered in Geneva for the June 2026 Informal Exchange on AI in the Military Domain, a dark...
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Schema Sovereignty & AI Citations: Death of Blue Links

Page-one ranking is no longer about the top ten blue links—it is about winning generative AI citations. As search engines...
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Parallelism Over Pixels: Why the Encoder-Free 12B and DiffusionGemma are Rebuilding the Developer Stack

Is your local hardware sitting underutilised? Sequential text generation is hit by a fundamental memory-bandwidth bottleneck. With the advent of...
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Inside the UN Playbook for Algorithmic Warfare

The speed of military AI is outstripping international law. The UNIDIR Scenario Compendium offers a practical blueprint for the era...
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The Ghost in the Code: Why Autonomous Weapons Defy Human Law

The rise of Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS) marks a seismic shift to "algorithmic warfare." When machines independently decide who lives...
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Surviving the Antigravity 2.0 Update: How Google Broke My Workflow (And How to Fix It)

I was right in the middle of a serious coding session when, without warning, my entire development environment was hijacked....
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The Illusion of Affordability: Why We Are Rich in Distractions and Poor in Sovereignty

An unvarnished analysis of price divergence over the last 20 years based on Mark J. Perry's Chart of the Century....
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IDF SMASH 2000

SMASH 2000: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: The SMASH 2000 is a “smart” fire control system developed by...
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Clearview AI

Clearview AI: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: Clearview AI is a facial recognition platform built upon an unprecedented...
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PredPol (Geolitica)

PredPol (Geolitica): Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: PredPol (recently rebranded as Geolitica before ceasing operations) was a predictive...
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Palantir Project Maven

Project Maven: Technical Dossier & Legal Analysis Lead Paragraph: Project Maven, formally known as the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, is...
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