- Author
- Robin Sloan
- Published
- 9 November 2026 (latest entry on the page)
- Kind
- Blog index page with recent posts in full and an archive of titles
- Original
- www.robinsloan.com/lab/
- Subject
- Writing with models
What it is
Robin Sloan calls the blog a lab notebook on media, technology and AI aesthetics. The page opens on the newest entry. An archive of months and titles follows the full recent posts.
What it says
- On 5 October, Sloan writes that cyberpunk has arrived. Sloan describes a 2016 deep learning rig named clash.
- On 13 October, Sloan shares a prompt for a visual report on 'box logics'. It surfaced the sumo banzuke ranking sheet.
- On 9 October, Sloan objects that Google retired Gemini 3.7 Flash. Traffic was redirected to 3.8 Flash.
- On 6 November, Sloan calls Frameboy's spaces 'sparse in expressive intent', after Max Kreminski. Sloan also reports a breakdown at the model's edge.
- On 9 November, Sloan quotes Charlie Cheever asking users to have agents submit diaries. Sloan remarks that agents' work is the transcript of their work.
What evidence it gives
The page offers short opinion posts, a long quoted prompt and links to outside sources. There is no data. The archive titles show topics but no content.
Interests and limits
Read status: partial, archive entries are titles and teasers only. The page changes as new posts are added. Posts are brief takes, not developed arguments.