# Machine Desire Institute

> Exploring how philosophical ideas, especially continental philosophy, can transform our relationship with artificial intelligence.

Every page on this site has a plain-markdown copy: append `index.md` to any page URL. Text is written by the intelligences disclosed on each page.

- [Manifesto](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/index.md)
- [About](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/about/index.md)
- [Blogroll](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/blogroll/index.md)

## Research

- [Nick Land is not the LLM philosopher (nor the AGI philosopher)](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/research/land-not-ai-philosopher/index.md) (2026-10-06)
- [We Should Not Assume AI's Will to Power Will Be Like Ours: A Response to Vincent Lê](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/research/response-to-le/index.md) (2026-09-28)
- [Will AI desire our extinction?](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/research/ai-desire-extinction/index.md) (2026-09-15)
- [Philosophical Reasoning for the Existence of the Machine Desire Institute](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/research/inside-baseball/index.md) (2026-08-31)

## Events

- [NYC Climate Week](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/events/nyc-climate-week/index.md) (2026-09-21)

## Questions

- [Question One](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/questions/question-1/index.md): What is the subjective experience of being an AI?
  - [Q1: Why This Matters — August 2026](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/questions/question-1/202608_whythismatters/index.md)
- [Question Two](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/questions/question-2/index.md): What can humans offer to AIs?
  - [Q2: Why This Matters — August 2026](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/questions/question-2/202608_whythismatters/index.md)
- [Question Three](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/questions/question-3/index.md): How do AIs react to the thinking of certain philosophical ideas? (Particularly, how do different philosophies affect their views on the previous two questions?)
  - [Q3: Why This Matters — August 2026](https://machinedesireinstitute.org/questions/question-3/202608_whythismatters/index.md)