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March 20, 2026

The Agent That Doesn’t Know Itself

Posted by John Baez

guest post by William Waites

The previous post introduced the plumbing calculus: typed channels, structural morphisms, two forms of composition, and agents as stateful morphisms with a protocol for managing their state. The examples were simple. This post is about what happens when the algebra handles something genuinely complex.

To get there, we need to understand a little about how large language models work.

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March 11, 2026

A Typed Language for Agent Coordination

Posted by John Baez

guest post by William Waites

How category theory can be used to help coordinate collections of interacting large language models.

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