"Was that a real footstep in the hall?" — John Allard on this week's AI progress via C.S. Lewis
john__allard · x · 2026-10-08
John Allard says he's "short on words" about this week's AI progress, returning to a C.S. Lewis passage from Miracles: children playing burglars suddenly hush — "was that a real footstep in the hall?" — a pointed metaphor for AI capabilities crossing from rehearsal into something real.
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