https://natewhitaker.net/posts/ Essays and writing by Nate Whitaker — cybersecurity, software engineering, and applied AI. en-us https://natewhitaker.net/posts/extinction-is-still-a-hypothesis https://natewhitaker.net/posts/extinction-is-still-a-hypothesis Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Nuclear risk could be checked against physics. AI extinction risk can't be checked against anything yet. What that means for open models, and one refurbished Mac mini. https://natewhitaker.net/posts/defcon-34-resume-advice https://natewhitaker.net/posts/defcon-34-resume-advice Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Resume reviews at DEF CON 34 with the Lonely Hackers Club — what I told people, what is actually broken about hiring, and why I have no way to know if any of it worked. https://natewhitaker.net/posts/how-code-simulates-conversation https://natewhitaker.net/posts/how-code-simulates-conversation Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A lifetime of asking how machines simulate conversation — from Commodore 64 BASIC and ELIZA through chatbots, brain injury, and modern LLMs.