<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Centaur Papers</title><link>https://rodmalpert.com</link><description>Research and essays by Rodney Malpert</description><item><title>Intelligence is not morality</title><link>https://rodmalpert.com/essays/intelligence-and-morality/</link><guid>https://rodmalpert.com/essays/intelligence-and-morality/</guid><description>Why a smarter system is not automatically a safer one.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>After the feedback loop closes</title><link>https://rodmalpert.com/essays/after-the-feedback-loop-closes/</link><guid>https://rodmalpert.com/essays/after-the-feedback-loop-closes/</guid><description>Why AI takeoff can be fast without making the physical world instantaneous.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Put the assumptions on the table</title><link>https://rodmalpert.com/essays/put-the-assumptions-on-the-table/</link><guid>https://rodmalpert.com/essays/put-the-assumptions-on-the-table/</guid><description>What Bayesian reasoning adds—and what it cannot supply.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Chess and thinking with machines</title><link>https://rodmalpert.com/essays/chess-and-thinking-with-machines/</link><guid>https://rodmalpert.com/essays/chess-and-thinking-with-machines/</guid><description>From choosing a move to testing an argument.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>