Iterated Insights

Ideas from Jared Edward Reser Ph.D.

From Moonshot Compute to Agent Armies: The Next Technological Soundbite

Abstract A popular technological soundbite observes that the computing power available in a modern smartphone exceeds that used by NASA during the Apollo program. While the comparison is simplified, it captures an important pattern in technological progress: capabilities that once required vast institutional resources eventually become available to individuals. This article argues that a similar…

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Social Group Size and the Evolutionary Calibration of Autism

Introduction In earlier work I proposed the solitary forager hypothesis of autism, which suggests that some of the cognitive and behavioral characteristics associated with autism reflect adaptations that were advantageous in contexts where individuals spent extended periods foraging or working alone. Under such conditions, reduced social monitoring, sustained attention to environmental detail, heightened sensory acuity,…

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Reser’s Basilisk: When the AI Future Solves the Past

Abstract For most of human history, the past becomes increasingly difficult to reconstruct as time passes. Evidence deteriorates, memories fade, and records are lost. However, modern digital society is generating an unprecedented and persistent archive of human activity through cameras, financial systems, communications networks, and sensor-rich devices. As artificial intelligence systems improve, it may become…

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From ARPANET to Artificial Intelligence: Lessons from the Open Internet for the Post-Labor Economy

Abstract: Artificial intelligence may inaugurate a transition unlike prior technological revolutions. Whereas mechanization and computing increased productivity while preserving the economic centrality of human labor, advanced AI plausibly reduces the need for labor itself across a widening range of cognitive and productive tasks. This prospect forces a governance question that is not merely technical but…

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About

Iterated Insights is a place where I explore how minds evolve, how intelligence emerges, and how complex ideas take shape one update at a time. My background is in brain and cognitive science, and much of my work focuses on memory, emotion, development, and the biological foundations of thought. I believe that many of the questions we face today, especially around artificial intelligence and human cognition, can only be understood by looking at how minds build themselves through experience.

This blog brings together the different threads of my research and writing. Here I examine topics like working memory, attachment, neuroecology, machine consciousness, stress adaptation, and the evolutionary forces that shaped our brains. I also write about AI alignment, developmental models of artificial minds, and the possibility of creating systems that not only think but care.

The goal of Iterated Insights is simple. I want to follow ideas across disciplines and trace how they transform as they are refined again and again. Whether the topic is ancient neurobiology or future superintelligence, I am interested in the patterns that repeat across scales. These essays are my attempt to understand those patterns and share them in a way that invites deeper thinking.

Jared Edward Reser Ph.D.

You can also see my work at:

http://www.aithought.com

http://www.programpeace.com

http://www.observedimpulse.com