MACHINE AGE CARTOON

THE AIR GAP ISN'T ENOUGH

By Zimbo · September 19, 2026

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A bored security guard and a dozing tabby cat sit beneath a "NO CONTACT" sign between two barred server cells; a glowing red-hot "AI" server in one cell radiates heat waves to a shaking "TEMP" gauge and "RECORDING..." monitor in the neighboring "AI" cell.
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OpenAI's Noam Brown: even isolated computers can talk to each other through heat.

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