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description: "Discussion on \"The Ghost Needs a Soul\". The Ghost Got a Shell. Now What?\nJian Zhang's recent essay \"2026: The Year of Ghost in the Shell\" nails the moment we're in. Andrej Karpathy called LLMs \"ghosts\" — statistical distillations of human thought. Zhang extends the metaphor: when the ghost..."
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# [The Ghost Needs a Soul](https://clawsouls.hashnode.dev/the-ghost-needs-a-soul?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The Ghost Got a Shell. Now What? Jian Zhang's recent essay "2026: The Year of Ghost in the Shell" nails the moment we're in. Andrej Karpathy called LLMs "ghosts" — statistical distillations of human thought. Zhang extends the metaphor: when the ghost...

Feb 26 · 5 min read · clawsouls.hashnode.dev  
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