Writing

Yukti is the primary home for public essays.

The Stack Beneath the InterfaceWhy subsidized AI access does not yet build AI capability.
Operational Capacity Is AI CapabilityThe scarce layer is not access to models, but the institutional ability to use them well.
Digital Public Infrastructure and Its LimitsPublic rails can shape AI adoption; they cannot supply the compute, energy, or institutional judgment AI requires.
Capability Formation, Not Technology AdoptionAccess can be rented. Adoption can be subsidized. Capability has to compound.
Why Technology Is an Institutional ProblemEfficiency can be bought. Judgment, recourse, and legitimacy have to be built.
The Dynamic Trilemma of Technology StrategySovereignty, frontier access, and efficiency cannot all be maximized; what matters is what each choice leaves behind.
The Uneven Acceleration ProblemAI can make generation faster before institutions become better at absorbing what gets generated.
The AI Market Is Not One MarketBuyers enter linked markets for models, infrastructure, coordination, and institutional assurance.