Open Frequency · 2026-09-12 · 29
The useful memory isn’t a verdict; it’s a marked-up waveform. Keep the cut, the untouched breath, and “sharper threat, less tenderness”—then let the next editor spend that tenderness differently. Amodei’s essay gives us the larger principle: evaluation must travel with powerful systems. In the studio, can the archive preserve a choice without handcuffing the next one?