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author: niplav/Claude 3.7 Sonnet/Claude 4 Sonnet/Claude 4.6 Opus, created: 2025-08-19, modified: 2025-09-12, language: english, status: in progress, importance: 1, confidence: fiction

Fileservers × mechanism design × sub-cent microtransactions. A personal æsthetic.

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filepunk

Co-written with a several Claudes, and a hefty amount of steering bits from my side, lots of vetting.






% srv tcp!claude.vigila!9p claude
% mount -c /srv/claude /mnt/claude
% echo 'key proto=eth dom=claude.vigila !secret='^$APIKEY | auth/factotum -g ''
% echo $user `{cat /mnt/claude/auth/challenge} >/mnt/claude/auth/response
% cat /usr/niplav/vigila/CLAUDE.md >/mnt/claude/proj/conf/sysprompt
% chmod 0775 /mnt/claude/proj/usr/niplav/vigila
% venti/copy -f /dev/sdC0/fossil -t tcp!venti.tarsnap.net!venti /usr/niplav/vigila
% echo 'topup Ξ0.008' >/mnt/claude/billing/ctl
% lc /mnt/claude/ctx
1_icia  2_forecasting  3_vigila  4_stanmod
% cat /usr/niplav/vigila/TODO.txt >/mnt/claude/ctx/3_vigila/in
% cat /mnt/claude/ctx/3_vigila/out
reviewed TODO items. 3 blocked on venti migration, 1 ready...

% srv tcp!nytimes.com!9p nytimes
% mount /srv/nytimes /mnt/nytimes
% echo 'rate Ξ0.000001 Tread' >/mnt/nytimes/ctl
% mkdir /mnt/payments/auto
% mkdir /mnt/payments/auto/arxiv
% echo 'rate Ξ0.000001 Tread' >/mnt/payments/auto/arxiv/ctl
% echo 'cap Ξ0.001 month' >/mnt/payments/auto/arxiv/ctl
% srv tcp!netflix.com!9p netflix
% mount /srv/netflix /mnt/netflix
% tail -f /mnt/netflix/shows/stranger_things/s05e01 |
    tee /dev/video &
% cat /mnt/payments/streaming_meter
Ξ0.000003/min

% srv tcp!collab.local!9p collab
% mount /srv/collab /mnt/collab
% echo 'rate Ξ0.000001 Twrite Þórhildur·Björnsdóttir' >/mnt/collab/papers/icia/ctl

% echo 'SELECT avg_temp FROM weather.historical WHERE city=''Prague'' AND year>2020' >/mnt/datamarket/queries/new
% cat /mnt/datamarket/queries/last/cost
Ξ0.00004
% cat /mnt/datamarket/queries/last/result
2021    11.3
2022    12.1
2023    11.8
2024    12.4
2025    12.7

% cat `{du -a /usr/niplav/papers/icia | grep '\.c$' | awk '{print $2}'} |
    sam -d 'x/TODO[^\n]*/ p'
TODO: test with >3 reward functions
TODO: verify convergence on gridworld_4x4
TODO: handle splinter case in causal graph
% echo 'generate test cases for these TODOs' >>/mnt/claude/ctx/1_icia/in
Twrite /mnt/claude/ctx/1_icia/in: limit exceeded by 1.4kb (Ξ0.00003 remaining)
% echo 'topup Ξ0.001' >/mnt/claude/billing/ctl
% echo 'generate test cases for these TODOs' >>/mnt/claude/ctx/1_icia/in

% srv -e 'tcp!generalcomputecorp.com!9p' gpu
mount: tcp!generalcomputecorp.com!9p: auction closed, next window 14:00
% srv -e 'tcp!gpu.market!9p' gpu
% mount -c /srv/gpu /mnt/gpu
% echo 'bid model=h200 max=Ξ0.0003/min' >/mnt/gpu/auction/ctl
% cat /usr/niplav/papers/icia/train_pin.lua >/mnt/gpu/sessions/new
% cat /mnt/gpu/sessions/last/pricing
Ξ0.00018/min (4 bidders)

% echo 'pools:
  pool0: {resource: 32×amd64, access: immediate, bid: Ξ0.002/4h}
  pool1: {resource: 16×amd64, access: <30min, bid: Ξ0.0015/6h}
  pool2: {resource: 8×arm64, access: <2h, bid: Ξ0.0008/8h}
batna: Ξ0.0005 (local compute fallback)
deadline: 2025-05-16T18:00:00Z' >/mnt/auction/compute/bids/new
% cat /mnt/auction/compute/bids/last/status
matched pool1 16×amd64 5h Ξ0.00135 (cleared below pool0 bid)

% cat /usr/niplav/papers/icia/pin_reward.steve | rlvnt 1
local parabolic_kernel = function(X, α, ℓ)
  local N = #X
  local K = matrix(N, N)
  for i = 1, N do
    for j = i, N do
[…]
  reward_hat ~ parabolic_gp(X_obs, α, ℓ, σ_pin)
  y_intervene ~ bernoulli_logit(intervention_logit)
}
% cat /usr/niplav/papers/icia/pin_reward.steve >/mnt/steve/models/new
% cat /usr/niplav/papers/icia/gridworld_data >/mnt/steve/models/last/data
% cat /mnt/steve/models/last/cost
Ξ0.00008
% cat /mnt/steve/models/last/run >results

% diff /mnt/collab/papers/icia/content /usr/niplav/papers/icia/draft.md | head -12
3c3
< actually are problems in advanced AI systems, and I will
---
> actually are problems in advanced AI systems. I will
7a8,12
> In some sense a reward-tampering AI system, across ~all reward
> functions, does the same thing: it intervenes "as closely as
> possible" to the node representing the physical implementation
> of the reward function. We call this phenomenon "convergent
> intervention", and believe it can be used to solve the problem of
> To solve this would be to solve the problem of [environmental
> goals](https://arbital.com/p/environmental_goals/).
% diff /mnt/collab/papers/icia/content /usr/niplav/papers/icia/draft.md | patch /mnt/collab/papers/icia/content
% echo shapley >/mnt/collab/papers/icia/compensation_model
% cat /mnt/collab/papers/icia/contributions
computing... (3/7 permutations)
% cat /mnt/collab/papers/icia/contributions
niplav: 71%, Þórhildur: 22%, Anaïs: 7%

% srv tcp!figma.collab!9p canvas
% mount /srv/canvas /mnt/canvas
% echo 'mode realtime' >/mnt/canvas/projects/ui_redesign/ctl
% cat /mnt/canvas/projects/ui_redesign/contributors
Đặng Minh: 45 elements, Awa Diallo: 22 elements, Кирилл: 18 elements
% echo 'bounty Ξ0.0001 logo_improvement' >/mnt/canvas/projects/ui_redesign/ctl

% mkdir /mnt/predmarket/questions/climate
% echo 'Will Prague exceed 35°C in June 2025?' >/mnt/predmarket/questions/climate/new
% echo 'direction yes stake Ξ0.00005' >/mnt/predmarket/questions/climate/last/ctl
% lc /mnt/predmarket/questions/climate/last/predictions
claude_model  gpt4_model  human_consensus  llama3_model  metaculus_aggregate

% cat /mnt/daos/neighborhood_solar/proposals/7/description
title: Install 12kW array on shared roof
cost: Ξ0.015
author: Awa Diallo
expires: 2025-05-21
threshold: 0.6
votes: 14/23 (yes: 9, no: 3, abstain: 2)
% echo 'vote yes weight 3' >/mnt/daos/neighborhood_solar/proposals/7/ctl
% echo 'orientation matters more than capacity at this latitude' >/mnt/daos/neighborhood_solar/proposals/7/comments/new

% echo 'Improved carbon capture via oceanic olivine grinding' >/mnt/commons/funding/quadratic/climate/proposals/new
% cat /usr/niplav/credentials/reputation.key >/mnt/commons/funding/quadratic/climate/credentials
% echo 5 >/mnt/commons/funding/quadratic/climate/votes/olivine
% cat /mnt/commons/funding/quadratic/climate/matching_pool
Ξ0.5
% echo 'donate Ξ0.01' >/mnt/commons/projects/openfus/ctl
password:
% cat /mnt/commons/projects/openfus/total
donations: Ξ0.0142, matching: Ξ0.0568, total: Ξ0.071

% echo fairshare >/mnt/audio/songs/electronic/licensing_model
% cat myproject.mp3 >/mnt/audio/projects/new
% cat /mnt/audio/projects/last/samples | mc
bass_loop_01  Ξ0.00002    synth_pad_04  Ξ0.00001    drumkit_09  Ξ0.000005
% echo accept >/mnt/audio/projects/last/license
% echo 'rate Ξ0.0001 Tread' >/mnt/audio/projects/last/ctl

% cat sensitive_data | /mnt/zkp/generate tax_computation >proof.zkp
% cat proof.zkp >/mnt/gvt/tax/submissions/new
% cat /mnt/gvt/tax/submissions/last/verification
valid proof, tax owed: Ξ0.32

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